Microsoft Corp unveiled software tools designed to make it easier and less expensive for people to access virtual reality and augmented reality content, and for more creators to build these digital and holographic worlds. Though companies have been touting AR and VR as breakthrough technologies for years, they have yet to gain traction with a wide audience. Microsoft will roll out additional features in the coming year and is planning to add them to its Teams teleconferencing app. The Redmond, Washington-based software maker demonstrated prototypes of how the technology can be used on Tuesday at the company’s Ignite conference in a keynote speech, which Microsoft is also streaming in virtual reality using Mesh. “Apply that same analogy here with Microsoft Mesh,” he said.

Source: The Star March 02, 2021 16:52 UTC