The zoom effect: What next for trans-Tasman executives

The zoom effect: What next for trans-Tasman executives
SkyCity Entertainment Group chief executive Graeme Stephens used to fly trans-Tasman once a month.Now he’s Google glassing.“It’s been really helpful, better than photographs. You can actually have someone walk around and tell them, look up, look left, look right, look down,” he says.Stephens is using virtual reality to keep tabs on the company’s Adelaide expansion development, a project SkyCity said on Aug. 20 it would writedown by $160.6 million due to delays and its view of the international gambling market.Steph...

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