Glue is a VR collaboration platform that recreates your work environment in a virtual reality format where remote team members can come together, chat, collaborate, and work – just like they would in a physical space.
Glue focuses on recreating in-person interactions with surprising accuracy, including your perception of space, eye contact, and body language. This is, in part, informed by the company’s legacy as a VR gaming studio founded in 2004 by Glue’s current leadership.
Backed by 2019’s $3.9 million funding round, Glue continues to add more features such as AI-powered “super-expressive” avatars and speech-to-text input.
Let us review some of these capabilities in more detail.
What Are the Key Features of Glue?
Glue ships with a ready library of virtual spaces like a relaxing hilltop, an open layout office, etc. You can also request custom spaces of your own as part of Glue’s enterprise plan.
Here are the features you can expect with Glue.
Recreating presence in virtual reality
Collaboration participants are represented via 3D avatars, mimicking the participant’s hand movements, eye movements, and even voice. This is achieved via the fading of attenuation audio volume as the distance between avatars increases. As a result, users enjoy an extremely natural audio experience as well as non-verbal communication apart from voice.
Handy collaboration enablers
Meeting participants in Glue can gain from several handy collaboration tools like post-it notes, and whiteboards – once again mimicking the real world. These objects are persistent, meaning that they remain exactly where you left them in the virtual space until the next time you log in. You can also create freehand 3d diagrams in Glue, exportable through a web UI.
Customisability for business scenarios
There are various degrees of customisation available with Glue. you could go for a standard spaces library and superimpose your corporate branding, useful if you are looking to conduct sales presentations or training sessions in VR. Glue supports a completely customised environment design as well, for sectors like healthcare or education where the surrounding environment is hardwired into the productivity workflow.
Enterprise-grade security
Glue partners with third-party security providers for user authentication, secure networking, and encrypted data storage. You could choose to host Glue on-premise if you are wary of utilising shared cloud resources.
What Are the Benefits of Using Glue?
Glue is an easy to use, affordable solution, suitable for companies of every size. Whether you are a small company interested in VR meetings when working from home, or a large enterprise with bespoke needs (e.g., a hospital looking for VR-enabled surgical training), Glue has a solution for you. It can be a partner across your entire growth journey – as it is a universal platform on the cloud.
How Much Does It Cost?
Glue starts at an affordable 50€ per user per month for small teams, with bulk discounts as you scale up. The company is constantly adding on new features and enhancements to make communicating in VR feel more natural, so this definitely a smart investment.
