Then use URI (O/S) to auto load the Zoom app or navigate to web version if the app is not installed. So if you select Zoom as a location, a dialogue box pops up to prompt users to put the link for the zoom meeting in there. Microsoft should add the ability to hyperlink meeting links when selecting Zoom as a location. Or they panic and create too many via teams calendar because it takes so damn long to show up on the calendar on Teams and Outlook lol. It's worse when they use create outlook invites but have not set the locations as Teams for example. The downside of the convenience of video meetings is that people are now scheduling way too many of them. Soo, looks everyone really has gotten IMVU syndrome lol. Pajamas, messy hair, no makeup, all while multitasking when Barbara and John ramble on about those TPS reports? Sign us up.
Still, the overall buzzy-ness of "metaverse" does feel a bit overplayed, but maybe it is also the way to make AR and VR click with people, as clearly the application for consumers is lagging.Īt the very least, Microsoft will make using its Teams software for video meetings a little less monotonous next year. I'm going to see you in a corner and go, 'Hey,' and be able to go have a conversation."
"After I've formed a relationship with you, I know your avatar, I go into an immersive space that maybe has 20 other people in it. "The idea is that you aren't locked into this 2D interaction with your avatar," she explained. They'll follow users from the Teams meeting to other Mesh-enabled experiences including immersive spaces within Teams, such as Accenture's Nth Floor. These avatars, Kelly added, are just the start. But for now, Microsoft's use of Mesh for Teams feels achievable. Of course, down the road, maybe we'll all be sporting MR and VR headsets to show up to the morning management meeting while floating in some computer-generated fish tank. Using existing technology like office webcams and Teams to create animated avatars is a logical first step - whether on a phone, tablet, or PC. What is interesting is the news for Mesh for Microsoft Teams is that it doesn't feel like some far-fetched concept akin to Facebook's recent announcement with Nintendo-level corniness.
Source: Microsoft (Image credit: Source: Microsoft) But some gripes lead to people flipping off their cameras, too, whether it was just burnout from too many video calls, not wanting to change attire for the meeting, or maybe even the urge to multitask while not looking distracted. Microsoft cites ongoing research (opens in new tab) that shows people are more engaged with video during online meetings, for probably obvious reasons. The concept falls back to Microsoft's goal with Teams to let people more closely work together when remote but addresses ongoing issues with work-from-home scenarios. Whatever the device, the mixed-reality technology will give each user an avatar that provides a sense of presence that allows them to be their expressive selves when they don't want to be on camera The ambition is to closely follow that with Microsoft's plethora of AI technologies so that we can use the camera to insinuate where your mouth is and mimic your head and facial movements."The experience will continue to evolve over time as sensor technology improves across devices, from phones to virtual reality headsets, from laptops with a single microphone to a HoloLens with six microphones and 16 cameras.
There will be a feeling of presence even though it's as simple as being able to take your audio and manifest that as facial expressions.
"You'll also have animations that bring additional expressivity to the avatars. "To start, we will take audio cues so as you talk your face will animate," Kelly said.