New Paper alert!
Have you ever used the metaverse alone?
Metaverse apps are commonly used to enable collaboration across physical distances and to increase participation through immersion. In our latest research paper, we pondered the question whether it can be beneficial to use metaverse apps to work in soltitude, too. And, indeed, it does! We let 30 participants work on tasks in the metaverse and intreviewed them subsequently. They reported that working from the metaverse shielded them from distractions—e.g. their cluttered desk—, which allowed them to focus on the tasks and not get distracted.