Fresh off the news that he didn’t crack Glassdoor’s list of the top 100 CEO’s in the U.S., Mark Zuckerberg high-tailed it to Paris, for the French tech conference VivaTech.

Zuckerberg gave an update on his company’s commitment to virtual and augmented reality initiatives, and raved about the areas he sees VR stepping in and making the biggest impact.  On top of gaming, he said there were two other areas that were ripe for VR technology: social experiences and fitness. 

Zuckerberg was downright giddy describe a potential way it could be used.  “Think about it like Peloton, where you have a subscription, but instead the device is VR and you put on your headset, and you’re in this amazing environment and you’re doing a boxing class with an instructor, or a dance class. 

“It’s quickly expanding beyond games into a bunch of other use cases, and we think that this is eventually going to be a big part of the next major computing platform after phones and after PCs.”

Facebook made news this week by telling the world they will begin testing advertisements that will be inside the9r popular Oculus VR headsets.

For everyone who can’t fathom the thought of another boring Zoom call, Zuckerberg said office  meetings in the not so distant future will have the ability to create virtual offices for employees to host meetings.  

“Compared to video conferences, I actually think that even with the state of virtual reality today, there are a lot of reasons it actually feels better to have meetings in virtual reality,”

Zuckerberg might have been thinking about one more exciting use for virtual or augmented reality that he could use immediately.  The ability to put on a headset, and operate in a “virtual” world where you are back in the top-100 of Glassdoor’s prestigious list of the best CEO’s in the U.S.  A practical application he might want to employ an army of engineers on. 

Oh, and in fairness, Zuckerberg is a rather accomplished fitness warrior. In 2016 he vowed to run 365 miles during the course of the year and completed his challenge five months early.  VR could help him run 365 miles per day!

 

 

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