Microsoft, Meta Want Firms to Use VR, Windows Apps Coming to Meta Headsets

Microsoft has partnered with Meta in an effort to influence companies to function in digital settings. During Meta’s Connect convention this morning, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella mentioned that Microsoft Teams will combine with Quest units and that Microsoft will present a technique to stream Windows apps to Meta’s headsets, TechCrunch reported. Nadella additionally revealed that Microsoft’s streaming recreation service, Xbox Cloud Gaming, will arrive on Quest units someday throughout the coming months.

“We’re bringing the Microsoft Teams immersive meeting experience to Meta Quest in order to give people new ways to connect with each other,” Nadella mentioned, noting that customized avatars will ultimately come to the expertise. Horizon Workrooms, Meta’s VR house for collaboration, will join with Teams, he added — permitting individuals to affix a Teams assembly immediately from Workrooms.

“Now, you can connect, share and collaborate as though you are together in person,” Nadella added.

On the Windows finish, Nadella mentioned that Microsoft 365 will come to Quest in a approach that lets customers work together with content material from productiveness apps like Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.

“You will have a new way to securely stream the entire Windows experience, including all the personalized app content settings to your VR device with the full power of Windows,” Nadella mentioned.

“We’ve been thinking about how to bring the power of Microsoft 365 and Windows 365 to 3D spaces to really help drive productivity and enable you to create, communicate and collaborate in completely new ways.”

As for Xbox Cloud Gaming, on the Quest, it’s going to stream video games to a 2D VR display screen, supporting current Xbox controllers. But Nadella hinted that extra options would possibly arrive down the road.