In Corporate Virtual Workspace, the authors have imaged the workplace of Austin, who works from home by “donning his customized computer clothing and logging in to the fiber optic network via his home reality engine.” The features CVW and PVW (Personal Virtual Workspace) could provide include a virtual office, face-to-face interaction with coworkers, file sharing, robot agents, and personalized workspace decoration. The reason why CVW will be a designated future, as the authors state, is the increase capability from the evolution of software technology, and the higher demand for long-scale projects and productivity.
Some of the ideas are very contributing to efficiency and productivity, such as the interactive documents, and the “portable” file “backpack.” However I find the accompanied features such as the fancy decorating of a PVW somehow annoying, because it increases a person’s emotional and aesthetical investment to his/her virtual reality, and therefore may give the corporation better control over its employee; moreover, it will be easy for the company who provides the PVW/CVW to assert manipulation over every users’ work and mental life.
On the other hand, the cost-cuttingness and “greenness” about CVW – a virtual workspace that eliminates traveling and commute –is one of the biggest advantages it can offer. Though I cannot see the CVW that Pruitt and Barrett imaged will be realize in the near future based on the current development of virtual technology. Most of the virtual workplace solution providers such as Citrix, Cisco, and IBM all emphasize the cost-efficient and environmentally friendly feature of virtual workspace.
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