Before all the shrieking starts, let me warn you I am about to say something nice about Microsoft.(Pause for the nasty posts to rush in). Seriously, they've done something to help people work together better and it's gone largely unnoticed.
Believe it or not, virtual meetings are (sort of) like winning the lottery. That's not to say they will make you instantly rich (sorry), but rather they help reveal your true personality.
Virtual meetings are growing in number (if not popularity) at an exponential rate. Since this makes no logical sense, I have been forced to draw an unpopular conclusion: maybe they're not as useless as many people maintain.