Emerge is a startup trying to bridge the emotional gaps caused by distance (physical, emotional, time-based).
This problem is hard. And unfortunately, barely any people are working towards fixing the societal decline of empathy as a result of technology and globalization.
Right now, Emerge is working towards this by trying to increase the feeling of presence in the metaverse (also see Open questions about the metaverse) with their flagship product, the Wave 1: a tabletop plate that lets you feel things in XR with your bare hands.
What’s even more fun is that I work at Emerge as the Special Projects Lead, which just means I get to work on everything and anything that could be exciting in the future. The sad part is I can’t talk about it much.