oVice Reviews

Our hybrid team is located in different parts of the world but working with and managing our team, I 've always felt this sense of being disconnected from the team and that our work communication was very inefficient with slow chat/email back and forths and tiring video calls.

When we started using ovice we were surprised that we could simulate real-life work interactions by moving our avatars nearby each other to "shoulder tap" and initiate casual chats and host meetings/events all in our oVice Digital HQ. As a manager I could see that productivity and speed of output significantly increased since we could all work synchronously and I also loved that it's easy to grab context of other people's statuses without having to reach out to them directly.

We tried out a similar tool called Gather too which had a lot of fun features but it just seemed too "gamey" and inappropriate for maintaining a professional work environment. Ovice also seems to be unique as they've been creating new features that can be used in the hybrid context so that we can connect more easily whether some members are remote or in the office. So glad we're on ovice now as it's really changed all our work lives for the better!

The UI seemed a bit outdated for awhile but I'm happy that recently it seems they've been making lots of rapid improvements with both the UI and new useful features.

Remote work and hybrid work is here to stay but there are still a lot of kinks that make it inefficient with just chat/email and Zoom.

Ovice provides our team with a infrastructure that boosts work productivity while keeping us connected no matter where we are - online or in the office.

Monitoring and managing teams, enabling synchronous work and communication to increase productivity, keeping the team social and motivated - both our management and staff are much happier and we are seeing a reduction in "remote work fatigue"

It allows me to connect with my colleagues from anywhere. oVice makes my life with my family more important and allows me to continue my career.

Even if we are working at different locations, we can have a short conversation at any time and feel at ease as if we are working together in the office.

Smartphone apps are also offered, but the experience of communication when out of the office is different from the comfort of using a PC. The apps are being improved and we look forward to more in the future.

If you can work for oVice, you can continue your career even when your family situation changes.

The ability to assess the condition of the person with whom you are conversing and to speak to him or her immediately.

Difficult to use in a thin client environment.

It has been helpful in the execution of project management. Smooth communication across locations and roles, such as collaboration among engineers and sales offices.

We can easily start communicating with team member.

It is fine for use on a PC, but does not appear to be optimized for the small screen of a smartphone.

Increased online communication time at the chit-chat level

- Promote short-term communication without meeting tool set-up

- Visualize how and how often team members are communicating

- Very light application, even with a poor network

- icon is too small to identify in zoom-out

- no need to set up many meetings to discuss any business topic in case that short chat is enough. This benefits us from a productivity perspective.

You can use this tool to:

(1) cut office costs and travel & living costs by bringing everyone together to the virtual office

(2) eliminate commute with instant access to the virtual office

(3) hire the best talent anywhere with the virtual office

(4) allow employees to balance work with childcare and nursing care

Mobile app is something they can improve further, as the current app is a bit hard to use.

(1) Reducing fixed costs

(2) Eliminating commute for employees

(3) Hiring the best talent globally

(4) Allowing employees to balance work with childcare and nursing care

Easy to use and fun to use.

Everyone, wherever they actually exist, can easily work together on the ovice space.

Not particular, but it would be better to integrate with other applications.

People are spreading out across the market but can work together and mingle together with easy operation as if we are sitting in the same office space.

Easy to use and communicate like a reality.

I can manage teatime ( happy hour) better than at the office.

What I like the best are the meeting room and meeting object.

Maybe to add some improvement to the chat function.

And some improvement on the avatar, making the user able to have more choice to choose professional avatar.

Communication problem time-saving and quietness. So high concentration.

At the office, there is a lot of distraction., people come and go, talk on same time.

So I waste a lot of time. But thank's to this service I was able to solve this issue. I was able to make everyone have fun and manage a good meeting in a short time without infecting our productivity at work.

It provides a common place for all colleagues while maintaining diversity in where and how they work.

The feature-rich yet easy-to-understand Ui also provides equal accessibility regardless of user literacy.

Emoji reactions and a variety of fun office design templates are backed by a background in gaming and manga culture unique to Japanese companies, and will bring a sense of dynamism to the team.

The mobile experience will need to be richer. I think that is very important, especially in a hybrid experience with office attendance. We expect a communication experience that is differentiated from other web conferencing and chat tools, and that works seamlessly with the communication realities that are unique to virtual office services.

Three challenges and benefits of hybrid work

(1) Confusion and inefficiency caused by the proliferation of communication tools, and the need to visualize the status of team members, and to enable smarter communication through casual communication.

(2) To address the issue of declining employee engagement, early detection of risks and restoration of bonds through interaction

(3) Provide management opportunities by visualizing the status of team members and giving prompt instructions to address the issue of management cost increases for managers

It brings the real-life office atmosphere into a virtual workspace. You can see your colleagues on your screen, whether they are busy, free, who they are talking with as if you were in a real office, and you can approach with ease and have a quick chat, or you can jump into a meeting room as if you were in a real office. It makes the overall communication experience a lot richer while working remotely.

Sometimes I have a poor experience using the meeting room with the camera on. I get kicked out of the browser and need to log back. Maybe it's a weak wifi connection issue on my end, not the product, not sure, but other than that - I am pretty satisfied with the overall user experience.

It serves as my daily workspace, where I collaborate with my colleagues, partners, and customers. You will see it when you use it. But to give you more context, it feels as if you were working and collaborating in the same space except meeting with them virtually and accessing from different parts of the world - different timezones, different countries. So basically, you feel like there are no boundaries to this space.