In lots of situations, there are 3 or 4 people in one location and one or two remote people joining. With current VR tech, in order to make this happen you'd have to have 4 beefy laptops with Windows MR headsets in the meeting room. People wouldn't be able to see their local collaborators faces, drink a glass of water, or sit in a chair. With AR, the local peole can all see each other and conduct a meeting, while also seeing AR people at the table with them.
Additionally, we have all of these devices (laptops, phones) that we'll continue to use for the foreseeable future. VR forces you into a single mode where using your phone is impossible. AR lets you do more of a hybrid approach.
Long term I agree that VR will have more benefits (especially if you had hybrid ar/vr glasses), but in the near term it has too many drawbacks to be useful for collaborative productivity sessions like this.
Additionally, we have all of these devices (laptops, phones) that we'll continue to use for the foreseeable future. VR forces you into a single mode where using your phone is impossible. AR lets you do more of a hybrid approach.
Long term I agree that VR will have more benefits (especially if you had hybrid ar/vr glasses), but in the near term it has too many drawbacks to be useful for collaborative productivity sessions like this.