Microsoft and Meta are partnering to bring the former's workspace enactment and connection bundle to Quest enactment of virtual world products.
It looks similar Meta and Microsoft are coming unneurotic to bring a fig of concern and gaming services to Meta’s virtual world ecosystem. That reportedly includes bringing a caller signifier of Microsoft Teams to virtual world platforms. Meta and Microsoft announced that Teams volition beryllium coming to Meta Quest platforms and Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse acquisition volition besides diagnostic caller functionality for streamlined entree to and launching of Teams.
Meta and Microsoft revealed their concern and the improvement of Microsoft Teams for Quest HMDs via the Meta Connect 2022 Keynote livestream connected October 11, 2022. It was during the livestream that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella joined Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg successful talking astir the services that volition beryllium launching connected Quest platforms with Microsoft’s support. A VR mentation of Teams volition let businesses to signifier and program their enactment with unit via Quest VR headsets. The work isn’t acceptable yet, but Zuckerberg and Nadella promised updates connected the improvement and motorboat of Microsoft Teams connected Meta Quest volition beryllium coming successful the adjacent future.
More than conscionable allowing players to entree a VR mentation of Microsoft Teams, Meta and Microsoft are moving to integrate Teams into further functions of the Meta VR ecosystem. Once Teams is disposable connected Meta Quest, users volition reportedly beryllium capable to entree and usage Teams easy from the Horizon Worlds metaverse experience, easy launching meetings, presentations, oregon different organizational tools of Teams successful Meta’s signature societal VR experience.
Horizon Worlds was besides announced to beryllium getting a non-VR mentation connected PCs and mobile devices. With Teams expanding to the Quest HMD ecosystem, Meta and Microsoft are besides partnering up successful different ways, such arsenic gaming. Stay tuned for much Meta Connect 2022 sum and further updates connected Meta and Microsoft’s concern and services.
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