Saturday Morning With Jack Tame

Work from the virtual office If we can't all physically be in the office together, could we all be together in a virtual meeting room instead? That's what Facebook is pitching with its new "Horizons Workplace" app which allows participants to put on their Facebook Oculus headsets and be transported to virtual reality. In the meeting you can see the 3D avatars of colleagues (who are also joining by wearing their headsets). Those who join by webcam or phone are displayed on a virtual version of a tv screen. When you're in the meeting, you can look down to your virtual laptop which is where you can make notes, or draw something to share with your colleagues. The whole experience looks very cartoon-ish at the moment. Facebook wants to be the home of the immersive digital experience - they're dubbing the "metaverse".  Microsoft to raise its prices for Office365 That will bring it inline with Google's recent price hike too, with basic email and collaboration services going from $5 to $6 USD per person. The prices w