Virtual reality (VR) systems are becoming popular in occupational health and safety. Studies conducted in a simulated, virtual world make it possible to test new solutions and introduce modifications to eliminate risk in work-related accidents. VR techniques assist people with disabilities and special needs by aiding them to adapt to workstations.

Drawing on interviews with Amazon workers and original empirical data, this book explores how different working conditions estrange and alienate workers, and how, despite these, workers find ways to organize and express their agency. This is an important analysis of work on the digital shop floor for the scholars of platform economy.