Agora

Inspiration

To bring a real world meeting into a digital space and leverage the metaverse to further enhance meeting engagement.

Market User Research

EY employee • Trouble explaining concepts to clients • Can’t gauge expression and body language • Has trouble directing clients to specific material, information delivery • Costly to fly and visit clients for communication purposes • Requires back and forth validation, meetings must be synchronous • Time-zones, cultural and language barriers • Concerned about their carbon footprint

Client • Looking for more transparency and accountability in work delivered • Bored and distracted during meetings • Difficulty understanding concepts and visualizing material • Jargon is often forgotten after the meeting • Seek an active collaborative relationship

Product Vision

Transport EY employees and clients into a live working office and offer an engaging experience that goes beyond in-person meetings.

Solution

Customizable 2D metaverse meeting room with integrated productivity tools, AI and meeting storage features. Increases accessibility, user engagement, and promotes more flexible collaboration.

Key Product Features

Meeting room in 2D metaverse space
Avatars with expressions based on real world facial movement
Key work tools integrated on one platform
Room customizable with furniture and collaborative tools
Save meeting data from moment in time (like commits in git)

Functional Jobs The Product Must Complete/Why would a user use this?

Allow EY to • Discuss and understand needs with clients • Share and access resources with clients • Communicate findings to clients and coworkers • Receive feedback on ideas and projects

Desired Customer Outcome

• Transparency and Accountability • Increased client participation and member inclusivity • Decreased complexity of information and delivery • Decreased chances of distraction and multitasking • Reduced wait time periods, opportunities for asynchronous meetings