Microsoft’s own metaverse is a chance at redemption, of a sort. In 2017, Microsoft tried to roll out Windows Mixed Reality, both as part of the Windows 10 Creators Update — where it only ...

Microsoft is turning to the metaverse as a potential solution to a prickly post-pandemic problem: As offices begin to reopen, many employees want to continue working remote at least some days of ...

Microsoft is working on its own version of the fabled "metaverse," but with a bigger focus on how corporations and their employees can use Microsoft Teams and Office programs in a virtual world.

Microsoft is entering the metaverse race with Teams. New 3D avatars and immersive virtual spaces are coming to Microsoft Teams in 2022.

Future profits from metaverse for Microsoft may also be substantial. According to Bloomberg Intelligence, the market size for Metaverse is expected to be $800 billion by 2024.

Microsoft’s Mesh is built to allow companies to use APIs, much like apps can on the iPhone today, to help a company build its metaverse and have a persistent identity across all these metaverses.

Microsoft is focused on practical applications of the metaverse — ones where the benefits are clear, Nadella said. And that will help people get accustomed to an idea that some critics call creepy.

Recent deals like the $68.7 billion Activision acquisition are key to Microsoft's metaverse plans. With many company valuations on the decline, Microsoft has the opportunity to buy other firms, too.

Microsoft is positioning a number of its enterprise components, from IoT to Synapse Analytics, as its stack ready to take on the 'industrial metaverse.' ...

Nadella hasn’t committed to exactly when we’ll see Microsoft’s push into a 3D metaverse for gaming more broadly. Microsoft’s enterprise announcements today are mainly focused on 3D avatars ...