How would it feel to hold a conference in the metaverse? If you have a Quest 2 virtual reality headset, you can experience one on October 11 when Meta, Facebook’s parent company, hosts its day-long Meta Connect conference in an online world.

The conference content itself, primarily for metaverse developers, might not be of interest to meeting professionals. However, exploring how it feels to interact with people and content in a virtual reality environment could be an intriguing experience, good or bad, for planners curious about the future of online meetings.

The conference is free, begins at 10:00 am PT with a keynote address from Meta (and Facebook) founder Mark Zuckerberg, and ends with a keynote address at 2:30 pm PT. about the future of technology…