I’m sitting in a beachside office, chatting with business journalists and some of Meta’s tech experts. A few minutes earlier, I was with the same group looking out the window at what looked like a futuristic version of San Francisco.

Welcome to the next generation workplace, or at least Meta’s version. At the company’s office near King’s Cross in London, I recently got to try out the company’s latest technology, Meta Quest Pro, and a number of related features known as Horizon Workrooms.

Meta says Quest Pro is designed “specifically” to drive new levels of creativity and collaboration in the workplace. While much of the focus in the metaverse thus far has been on consumer-facing implementations, be it gaming,…