'Mesh for Teams users can take their avatars into these spaces to mix and mingle, collaborate on projects and experience those serendipitous encounters that spark innovation,' the firm said. Organisations can also build immersive spaces – metaverses – within Teams. The technology will also use audio cues from people's voices, so that as users talk their avatar face will animate appropriately. Mesh for Teams users will be able to join a standard Teams meeting as a customised avatar of themselves instead of as a static picture or on video.Īrtificial intelligence (AI) will imitate movements and gestures to animate the avatars, making sure people's physical presence is brought to chat conversations even when their camera is off, according to Microsoft. While Mesh requires the use of a headset, Mesh for Teams will not (although headsets will be an option along with standard smartphones and laptops). 'Think of the metaverse as a new version – or a new vision – of the internet, one where people gather to communicate, collaborate and share with personal virtual presence on any device.' 'It’s also a gateway to the metaverse – a persistent digital world that is inhabited by digital twins of people, places and things. 'Mesh for Teams – which anyone will be able to access from standard smartphones and laptops to mixed-reality headsets – is designed to make online meetings more personal, engaging and fun,' said Microsoft in a blog post. Similar to Zoom, it soared in popularity during the Covid-19 pandemic due to remote working.īringing the two together will make collaboration more 'personal and fun', according to Microsoft. Teams, meanwhile, allows join virtual meetings, send chats, collaborate on shared documents.
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