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Microsoft to Join Metaverse Race, Announces Mesh for Teams With 3D Avatars


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Teams is getting 3D virtual avatars and environments on the platform as part of the tech giant’s push towards to enter the metaverse. As hybrid work is happening around the globe, Mesh for
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Teams will let people in different locations join collaborative and shared holographic experiences with productivity tools of the video-calling application. People will be able to join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents, and more.
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says the Mesh platform will let people meet in the virtual space without having to switch on their webcams

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at its Ignite 2021 conference,
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Mesh for
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Teams. Mesh for Teams will start to roll out in preview in the first half of 2022.

‘As a company whose focus is on productivity, on knowledge workers, it’s something that customers are really asking us for, and it’s coupled with the vision of mixed reality that we’ve been working on for 12 years. It’s all coming together’, said

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Technical Fellow Alex Kipman.

With the personalised avatars,

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Teams users can ensure their presence in meetings without turning on webcams. They will be able to create and join a Teams meeting as a unique, personalised avatar. Other participants in the meeting might also be seen as avatars. Attendees can show themselves on video or use a static picture or bubble with initials. The avatar has options for customisation and can use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to imitate movements as well as gestures.

Likewise, organisations can build immersive spaces — their own metaverse — within Teams.

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says Mesh for Teams users can take their avatars into these spaces to mingle, collaborate on projects, and experience those “serendipitous encounters” that spark innovation. None of this will initially need a VR headset. People can access Mesh on HoloLens 2, VR headsets, standard mobile phones, tablets, or PCs — using any Mesh-enabled app.

Mesh is built based on Teams features such as Together Mode and more that

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says it has been developing to make hybrid working culture more productive. Mesh, was initially announced in March this year and is powered by Azure cloud computing systems.
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’s push for metaverse comes after
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unveiled virtual chat rooms as part of its rebrand to name itself Meta.

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says it has joined hands with Accenture to create ‘Nth Floor’ using Mesh that works as a virtual campus for employees to gather for coffee, presentation, parties, and events irrespective of their locations. Currently, the new hires of Accenture meet together on Teams and receive instructions on how to create a digital avatar and access the virtual space called One Accenture Park.


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