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Total immersion: How immersive experiences and the metaverse benefit customer experience and operations

Organizations are putting improvement of their customer experiences at the top of their agendas. Mixed reality, including augmented reality and virtual reality, has allowed companies to provide a differentiated customer experience. In our newest Capgemini Research Institute report, Total immersion: How immersive experiences and the metaverse benefit customer experience and operations, we examine the potential and impact of these technologies.

As part of our research, we surveyed 8,000 consumers and 1,000 organizations across various sectors and geographies. We supplemented this research with in-depth interviews with executives and technology partners in this space, as well as social listening. We found that there is high customer interest in immersive technologies and organizations are able to benefit from these in their internal operations as well.

Looking to the future, the potential of immersive experiences is immense. Consumers are excited about immersive technologies, being particularly curious about the metaverse, and immersive experiences will ultimately help brands to differentiate their customer experience and strengthen their operations.

Several factors, however, are holding back the widespread adoption of immersive experiences and the metaverse. Significant concerns remain on the consumer side surrounding issues like privacy and safety, while organizations are faced with scaling challenges. In this report, we analyze the current state of immersive experiences in detail and also offer concrete suggestions for how organizations can develop and leverage them going forward.

Download the report to learn more about immersive experiences and the metaverse, as well as how organization and customers can benefit from these transformative developments. 

Meet our experts

Alexandre Embry

Vice President, Head of the Capgemini AI Robotics and Experiences Lab
Alexandre leads a global team of experts who explore emerging tech trends and devise at-scale solutioning across various horizons, sectors and geographies, with a focus on asset creation, IP, patents and go-to market strategies. Alexandre specializes in exploring and advising C-suite executives and their organizations on the transformative impact of emerging digital tech trends. He is passionate about improving the operational efficiency of organizations across all industries, as well as enhancing the customer and employee digital experience. He focuses on how the most advanced technologies, such as embodied AI, physical AI, AI robotics, polyfunctional robots & humanoids, digital twin, real time 3D, spatial computing, XR, IoT can drive business value, empower people, and contribute to sustainability by increasing autonomy and enhancing human-machine interaction.
Darshan Shankavaram – Our Expert

Darshan Shankavaram

Executive Vice President, Digital Customer Experience Global Practice Leader
Darshan is globally accountable for directing and building the Capgemini Group’s capabilities, delivery, service and portfolio for its 25,000 strong Digital Customer Experience (DCX) Practice. He has over 30 years of industry experience, including 15 years in Digital and Mobile. With his vast knowledge of business consulting, domain, and technical implementations, he has successfully led many large CX transformation programs.
Alex-Smith-Bingham

Alex Smith-Bingham

EVP, Global Application Business Line Leader, Digital Customer Experience
With over 30 years of expertise in business and technology transformation, Alex has been instrumental in helping global brands reinvent their businesses and transform their customer experiences across numerous industries. Today, he leads a talented team of over 12,000 CX architects, consultants, and platform experts worldwide, harnessing advanced capabilities and technologies like AI to craft and deliver hyper-personalized experiences that drive growth, customer satisfaction, innovation, agility, and profitability for our clients.

Jiani Zhang

Executive Vice President, Chief Software Officer, Capgemini Engineering
Jiani Zhang is Executive Vice President and Chief Software Officer of Capgemini Engineering, the Engineering and R&D Services powerhouse of Capgemini. Jiani is responsible for the leadership and growth of Capgemini’s Global Software Product Engineering Growth Platform, accelerating client outcomes by building embedded, digital, and industry software platforms.

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