Kollaboration in virtuellen Arbeitsräumen: Möglichkeiten und Grenzen des Einsatzes von VR-Technologien in der Zusammenarbeit

Collaborative work is not only increasingly taking place digitally, but is also increasingly being transferred to virtual reality (VR). Nevertheless, VR environments are still uncharted territory—in the sense that experience is still being gathered as to the principles, possibilities and limitations of working together there. The key point here is that VR cannot reproduce reality one-to-one in the sense of a physically tangible reality of life, but at the same time represents a tangible reality of its own kind. This relationship must be taken into account if collaboration processes in organizations are to be supported by VR. Against this background, this article aims to analyze the special features of collaboration in VR and to systematize them with a view to the possibilities and limitations of VR support for collaboration in organizations.