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Virtual reality technology has taken a step forward with its recent use in a court hearing in Colombia, marking a new era for judicial proceedings.
According to a report by Mat Di Salvo for Decrypt, Colombian lawmakers have recently held one of the first court hearings in the world using virtual reality technology provided by Meta, the parent company of Facebook.
The two-hour hearing witnessed lawyers wearing virtual helmets and attending the meeting in the form of computer-generated avatars. The event was broadcast live on youtube and marked the first complete virtual audience organized by Colombian legislators. The meeting would have been successful, and participants welcomed the use of information technology to speed up court proceedings.
However, not everyone who tuned into stream thinking using virtual avatars was appropriate, with some viewers feeling that this has taken on the gravity of the audience. While hearings using meta technology took place elsewhere, Colombia's use of Horizon workspaces to conduct a virtual audience is an historic moment in the use of technology.
Virtual meetings and court hearings became more common in 2020 as the COVID-19 pandemic forced professionals to transition to video conferencing technology, such as Zoom, to operate. As well as certain entertaining incidents, Like the Texan attorney who accidentally turned into a kitten on a video call, were reported, The virtual court hearing in Colombia marks an important step forward in the meaningful use of virtual reality technology.
Despite the significant losses of the meta VR division in the fourth quarter of 2022, The chief executive officer of the company, mark zuckerberg, promised to continue to invest in tech, indicating that metaverse will be an important component of the enterprise's technological roadmap.
While it remains to be seen if technology is going to become an important source of income for meta, the success of the virtual audience in Colombia suggests that VR technology could have great potential in the legal sector and beyond.
