“Remote” took on a new meaning as COVID-19 reached pandemic proportions. It quickly became the way we learned, interacted, shopped and worked in an effort to protect ourselves from the virus. Remote is also redefining the way we look at the world. We now rely more heavily on tools like remote sensing and lidar to examine and understand our environment and geography. Remote sensing is going mainstream, both in the business and personal worlds, and has the potential to lead us into the metaverse.