You can just have Oculus Go's, no need for beefy laptops ;-) Everyone would just see an avatar of the other people, remote or local.
If you absolutely need to drink water during a meeting you can just quickly move your headset up with one hand and drink a sip, while still hearing in your headphones what's going on.
You can do VR with a hybrid approach too. Same implications as calling in with a PC/mobile phone into an AR meeting.
Only upside I see with AR currently is:
- Easier to speak to people in the same room (but not necessary if half the people attending are remote anyways, in fact, it would level the playing field)
- Work on your computer during the meeting (which you shouldn't do anyways =P)
If you absolutely need to drink water during a meeting you can just quickly move your headset up with one hand and drink a sip, while still hearing in your headphones what's going on.
You can do VR with a hybrid approach too. Same implications as calling in with a PC/mobile phone into an AR meeting.
Only upside I see with AR currently is:
- Easier to speak to people in the same room (but not necessary if half the people attending are remote anyways, in fact, it would level the playing field)
- Work on your computer during the meeting (which you shouldn't do anyways =P)