business in the other world.
Meta and Microsoft have teamed up. Office and Teams will be available on Meta Quest soon. It’s going to be.
There are many people in the IT industry who are skeptical about the Metaverse world, but Microsoft seems to have taken a position to bet on that world with Meta.
Office 365 and Windows 365 for Quest
New MR headsetMeta Quest Prowas announced at the conference “Meta Connect”. Not only the hardware was announced, but also the software that can be used there. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella came out and announced that Microsoft 365 (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook) and Windows 365 will soon support Meta Quest. “It will allow us to create, communicate, and collaborate in entirely new ways,” Nadella said.
What’s it like to use Office with a headset on? I think, but the image introduced at the conference is like this. A user wearing a Quest headset has five virtual screens in front of them. Exactly what I saw in the SF drama!
Newly Connected Microsoft Teams in the Metaverse World
Microsoft Teams is also now available on Quest, allowing for near-realistic meetings in the other world. There is also a whiteboard and brainstorming function. CEO Nadella, who sees this Quest support as a once-in-a-lifetime level change, said, “You can connect, share, and collaborate as if you were meeting in real life. In the future, various avatars, including Meta avatars, will be available. Now available, Teams meetings become a more immersive experience.”
Xbox Cloud Gaming also supports Quest
Microsoft teaming up with Meta not only in business, but also in games. Xbox Game Pass’s Cloud Gaming service is coming to the Meta Quest store. You can play 2D games on the Quest’s big screen using an Xbox controller, but it’s still in the early stages of development, so no details were given.
When I am told that I will play games in the Metaverse world and do creative work such as design, I feel the excitement of the next generation even though I am an amateur. I will. However, if the nature of the screen changes, then such a world would make sense, so if you say that the future is going in that direction, I wonder if that’s true.
