In 1992, American science fiction writer Neil Stephenson first proposed the concept of “metaverse” in the science fiction novel “Snow Crash”, where human beings can move freely, shop, socialize, and live in virtual space and time as a digital identity. The concept of metaverse was later applied in many science fiction film and television works and became the blueprint for human beings to envision the digital world in the future.

When the founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg reinvents the company name to Meta, betting on the metaverse, it immediately sparked a heated debate in the community: Will science fiction movies really come true?

With the development of modern technology and the popularization of smart phones and social media, the digital “virtual world” is becoming more and more real.

The epidemic has accelerated the pace of digital development and also accelerated the arrival of the metaverse era. Working from home and remote meetings have become the new normal of hitting workers. Everyone can be a Digital Nomad. The cooperation between people is also becoming digitized, and the collaborative relationship is becoming more and more complicated.

As early as 2009, American entrepreneur Timothy Ferris pointed out in his book “The 4-Hour Workweek” that many workers staying in a status of “exciting busyness” from 9 to 5, wasting a lot of unnecessary time and energy. He believes that through scientific workflow management methods and plans, everyone can become a “New Rich” who works efficiently and freely spends time. One of the important methods is to make good use of technology to automate boring work (Automation).

Traditional paper forms and e-mail communication can no longer meet the management needs of the new era of work mode. Entering the metaverse, everyone can produce and create. Therefore, the threshold for creation should be lowered and the process should be simplified. This means that we need automation more than ever before, allowing new technologies to help us deal with cumbersome and repetitive businesses, simplifying processes, making daily work more effective and creative.

Conform to the boom in automation, the authoritative research organization Gartner has put forward the concept of “Hyperautomation” in recent years. Hyperautomation is an extension of traditional business process automation. It uses technological tools such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA), Machine Learning (ML), and Artificial Intelligence (AI) to build a digital workforce, liberate employees, and achieve office freedom.

Hyperautomation has been selected in the technology trend report for three consecutive years, including the latest release of the top ten global technology trends in 2022, becoming one of the most frequently selected technologies.

Hyperautomation has also become a new direction for collaborative software. Hyper-automation has also become a new direction for collaborative software. More and more collaborative software on the market begin to apply new technologies to increase business requirements and enrich scene experience. For example, Yonyou’s Office Automation (OA) covers Collaborative Work, Approval Flow Management, Form Management, Documentation Management, Employee Performance Management, Meeting Management, Mobile Office and other functions to achieve full coverage of office scenarios.

Through the management system, one-click application, one-click approval, and there is no need to go back and forth between departments to sign and other approvals.

At the same time, using low-code technology, users can complete the process design by dragging and dropping modules, and they can easily operate without understanding the code to complete rapid collaboration.

In the metaverse, everyone is the creator of this world. The future office model is up to you.