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“Necessity is the mother of invention” - this age-old proverb holds for oVice that is on a mission to make online communication more immersive and natural by replicating actual human behaviors into a virtual 2D world.
Working from home reduces emissions and office costs, and it helps employees achieve a more balanced work/family life. Nonetheless, managing a team of remote workers can be challenging in many aspects, especially when it comes to online communication. During the pandemic, oVice’s team needed a flexible tool to communicate while working from home. “Nothing could tick all our boxes, especially when it comes to a stable network; so, we decided to build our own and it eventually launched as a service called oVice,” mentions Sae Hyung Jung, founder, and CEO of oVice. The company’s solution can be used as a remote office, an event venue, and a classroom. Sae Hyung Jun announces that “oVice, a virtual office where you can bring online communication to life, prepares in-office and remote workers for hybrid remote life by building its own ecosystem”.
All-in-One Remote Workspace
At its core, oVice offers virtual spaces designed to match physical places to provide a more natural way of online communication, help people connect, build, and deepen relationships. Matching natural human-approaching behaviors online, users can virtually walk around and mingle with others by getting their avatars closer to the other party. The closer they get, the louder voices will be. This makes it easier to walk in and out of conversations and provides an environment that allows for more coincidental discussions. “The notion of calling does not exist at oVice. If you need someone to talk to, you can just go to their virtual desk,” says Sae Hyung Jung. As for hosting meetings, clients can start it on the spot without sending a link to the meeting members each time. When working at oVice remote office, team bonds are strengthened and transparency is developed. “Working in a virtual office setting creates a feeling of belonging for teams and makes it easier to collaborate on tasks and keeps everyone posted on things going around at work,” adds Sae Hyung Jung.
oVice provides full support to help people get familiar with the virtual space functions. Further, the company also offers tips and assistance on better utilizing the space depending on the purpose of usage.
OVICE, A VIRTUAL OFFICE WHERE YOU CAN BRING ONLINE COMMUNICATION TO LIFE, PREPARES IN-OFFICE AND REMOTE WORKERS FOR HYBRID REMOTE LIFE BY BUILDING ITS OWN ECOSYSTEM
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Background of the Alliance
In response to the new coronavirus outbreak and the need to renew the work-life, various “ways of working” are being explored as a new norm. Telework, which eliminates the need to go to a physical office, is becoming a more common way of working.
A virtual space “oVice”, has been used as a virtual office in telework environments by many companies, local governments, and educational institutions, with more than 10,000 users achieved in 1 year since its launch.
Despite oVice being equipped with a video meeting function, many online meetings with non-oVice users are held using Zoom (due to a larger user base). oVice, Inc. has received many requests from users to integrate Zoom, thus the company decided to form a partnership. oVice has joined Zoom’s ISV Partner Program and will be able to provide services and solutions powered by Zoom that will support hybrid work styles.
Benefits of Zoom Integration
With the Zoom integration, oVice users can now have a seamless meeting from oVice without having to move between both tools.
They will also have the ability to view which users are in which Zoom meeting, making it easier to shuffle between multiple Zoom meetings at once. This will also encourage more interactive collaboration between users.
Comments on the Alliance From Representatives of Both Companies
Paul Magnaghi, Global ISV Partner Program Leader, Zoom Video Communications, Inc.:
“We are excited to have oVice join our ISV Partner Program. Zoom has been partnering with multiple virtual office and virtual events solutions through the ISV Partner Program. Having oVice join us from Japan is great news for our international expansion. We look forward to providing a better online meeting experience to oVice’s customers through this partnership.”
Sae Hyung Jung, Founder & CEO, oVice, Inc.:
“oVice has been used as a virtual office for many companies, but these companies use Zoom for web conferencing, and many have asked for service integration. Through this partnership, we hope to make it possible for many people to work online comfortably, and to create an environment that will encourage hybrid work styles in the future.”
Future Prospects
oVice is a two-dimensional virtual space where people interact as avatars and can freely move on the web and easily talk to others by bringing their avatar closer. Since its launch in August 2020, oVice has been used on more than 10,000 occasions.
Featuring a wide variety of use cases, including virtual offices for telework, online event spaces, and virtual campuses for education, etc, an increasing number of companies have connected their virtual spaces into "buildings" where employees from the entire company work.
In order to further develop as a "virtual real estate" company, oVice will not only acquire more users and raise awareness in remote work, but also develop technology that can be used comfortably in hybrid work and work with third parties to enhance the scalability of the service.