CVW

In the article written by Steve Pruitt and Tom Barrett “Corporate Virtual Workspaces”, the idea of having an all virtual workplace is discussed. Pruitt and Barrett portray a world where individuals can roll out of bed, or still be in bed, and virtually be at work. To me, this does not seem as far-fetched as it might appear to be. We have had a lot of technological advances recently and with a growing number of individuals wanting to be able to work from home, this might be in the future faster than we expect. Today, we clearly do not have a virtual world for our employees but we do have a new technology, Skype, which allows for anyone to talk to anyone, who has a computer and webcam, at any time of the day. This is important to our society because it has made interviewing for positions a lot easier. With the poor economy not everyone is able to buy plane tickets, or even drive to different states with the rise of gas prices, so Skype makes interviewing easier. A lot of companies are looking into interviewing through the internet for an easier process. Although Skype does not allow you to have a “virtual” tour of the office or be at the office, it does present other options for previous challenges. There is other technology on the web that does allow individuals to have a virtual tour. An example of this would be relator websites, they are now making it easier for individuals to see what a house looks like by allowing them to take virtual tours.