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Breakroom teams up with High Fidelity to bring 3D audio to online meetings

Venture Beast

Social meeting space Breakroom has integrated High Fidelity's 3D audio into its virtual world for social and business events. Read More.

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Microsoft to bring Mesh avatars and virtual environments to Teams

Computerworld Vertical IT

Microsoft Teams users will soon be able to create their own animated avatars to meet with colleagues in 3D virtual environments, thanks to an upcoming integration of the company's mixed reality platform, Mesh.

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Facebook’s new virtual meeting app is ‘great news’ and ‘validating’ for these Seattle entrepreneurs

GeekWire

Facebook today unveiled its vision for the future of work: a virtual reality experience called Horizon Workrooms that uses avatars and VR headsets to replicate in-person collaboration. “It will cause more people to experiment with virtual workspaces and consider using them as a key part of their remote or hybrid teams.”

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Microsoft is planning 3D metaverse apps for Xbox and gaming

The Verge

Microsoft just announced its Microsoft Teams metaverse for meetings and video calls, but the company also has plans for gaming and entertainment. In some sense, they’re 2D today, and the question is can you now take that to a full 3D world, and we absolutely plan to do so.”. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge. Image: Microsoft.

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Meta exec: VR meetings will coexist with, not replace, videoconferencing (for now)

Computerworld Vertical IT

Often associated with gaming, virtual reality may one day have a place in the office too, providing a more immersive experience and greater sense of presence than is possible with a video call.

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Don’t ignore virtual reality as you plan the future workplace

CIO Business Intelligence

Two years ago, the consulting giant started shipping many of its recruits virtual reality headsets instead. At the same time, it created a virtual world or “metaverse” that enables employees to socialize, form teams, conduct training, and collaborate. “We The telephone didn’t stop people from wanting to meet in person,” he noted. “We

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Here’s how Google’s experimental 3D telepresence booth works

The Verge

Project Starline is essentially a 3D video chat booth that aims to replace a one-on-one 2D video conference call with an experience that feels like you’re actually sitting in front of a real human being. Image: Google. Audio is another challenge, as the system needs to make it sound like a person’s words are coming from their actual mouth.

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