At the beginning of this year (2022) Microsoft began the process of purchasing the video game company Activision Blizzard, a company that has several purchasing video game company Activision Blizzard, a company with franchises such as World of Warcraft, Call of Duty, Diablo, and Candy Crush, among others. With this purchase Microsoft tries to enter a little more in the development of the Metaverse for video games and with this it will compete with its main rivals such as Meta (Facebook), Apple, Amazon, Alibaba, etc.
But Microsoft is not new in this aspect since in March 2021 it announced that it is working on Microsoft Mesh, which is a tool that allows people to connect in person holographically. This is described as the company’s ambitious new attempt to unify holographic virtual collaboration across multiple devices, whether via VR headset, AR, laptops, or smartphones.
How will it work?, it is expected that this new function will be incorporated with Microsoft Teams and through special devices such as the Holo Lens we can have an interaction remotely, but with a hologram of the other members of the meeting or we can even create avatars for this same integration.
According to Microsoft, these tools can help us increase productivity substantially in several areas, such as manufacturing companies, reducing downtime and accelerating onboarding and skills development. Engineering accelerates the pace of design, reduces the repetition of work, and interacts with customers in new ways. s. Remote support can also be optimized avoiding long and expensive trips since through this tool we can maintain remote sessions in which the interaction will be much more efficient between the parties.
These are some of the multiple options that Microsoft gives us and each one can adapt to their needs in the different areas we find convenient. Although Mesh has not yet been officially launched, we can already find some similar uses with the Holo Lens.
