BayernLB Research – MetaDiskurs, 2 July 2026
Geopolitics keeps moving further up the agenda in board rooms. So BayernLB Research put the question on the table directly: how can companies think ahead about geopolitical developments and build them into their own picture of the future as an opportunity, not only as a risk?
Dr. Jürgen Michels of BayernLB Research brought 30 guests together for exactly that discussion, with Dr. Timo Gerrit Blenk of Agora Strategy. Not in Munich, though – in virtual reality, on the enterprise metaverse platform the bank runs on RAUM.
That one decision saved customers and employees at C-level and decision-maker level from all over Germany a business trip each. Put the headset on at your desk and you are straight into the discussion and the networking that follows. By the sea, as it happens.
For many of the participants it was their first experience of social VR. In their own words:
👉 “Great exchange among the participants”
👉 “Impressive how much closer and more personal this format is compared to a normal video conference”
👉 “Travel time saved, and still realistic 3D interactivity”
Thank you to BayernLB Research and to everyone who joined in. That is what progress looks like.
Originally shared by Alice to Bob GmbH on LinkedIn, and written up in the BayernLB press release.
