Microsoft Ignite 2021 - Enter the Metaverse - Introducing Mesh for Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Ignite kicks off today, November 2 and Microsoft Teams leads the big announcements this year.

As Microsoft Teams meetings evolved, features like grid view, Together mode and Presenter view marked the beginning of 2D immersive meeting experiences. With the introduction of Mesh for Microsoft Teams, the next leap for 2D and 3D experiences is on the horizon.

Mesh for Microsoft Teams will enable new experiences with personalized avatars and immersive spaces where users can connect with presence and have shared immersive experiences. With personalized avatars, users can maintain their presence in meetings without turning on cameras. Users can connect with eye contact and express emotions using live reactions that will be represented through avatars. Organizations now can create immersive spaces that resemble physical spaces, such as conference rooms, design centers and networking lounges to enhance camaraderie, spark creativity and foster water-cooler connections.

Mesh for Microsoft Teams bridges the gap between physical and digital, empowering users to connect across devices wherever they choose to live and work from. These experiences will be available as part of Teams on PC, mobile and through mixed-reality headsets.

Because Microsoft Mesh and Teams are secure and scalable by design, organizations can have peace of mind knowing that their data is in their control, protected and secure by default. In addition, users can leverage existing documents, presentations and content from Microsoft 365 and share and collaborate using this content spatially.

Teams users will be able to access these Microsoft Mesh-enabled capabilities in preview, in the first half of 2022. Read the full announcement.

We will have more updates throughout the week from Microsoft Ignite!