Microsoft Is Shutting Down Its Social VR Platform AltspaceVR - CNET

AltspaceVR, a societal virtual worlds level acquired by Microsoft successful 2017, volition unopen down connected March 10. In a blog station connected Friday, the AltspaceVR squad said they're shifting absorption to "immersive experiences powered by Microsoft Mesh," the tech giant's cloud-based AR/VR platform. 

"As we look to the future, we spot the accidental for VR expanding beyond user into concern and present person an adjacent greater goal: a much open, accessible, and unafraid mentation of immersive experiences successful the metaverse," reads the blog post. "With Mesh, we aspire to physique a level that offers the widest accidental to each involved, including creators, partners and customers."

The caller comes aft Microsoft connected Wednesday said it was cutting 10,000 jobs crossed its planetary workforce arsenic it looks to refocus connected areas of growth, specified arsenic artificial intelligence. 

AltspaceVR encouraged creators and developers connected its level to big last events successful the coming weeks. They besides pointed retired directions for radical to download their AltspaceVR information and content. 

Microsoft didn't instantly respond to a petition for further comment. 

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