Microsoft is also teaming up with META to offer immersive 3D meetings that can be accessed through META VR headsets. (Image: Microsoft)
Microsoft Teams will support 3D avatars starting in May, allowing users to escape the camera and collaborate effectively. The company also plans to offer VR meetings with Meta.
After announcing the feature in 2021 and testing the feature for years, Microsoft is finally bringing support for 3D avatars to Microsoft Teams in May this year.
According to The Verge, Microsoft’s Office 365 roadmap has recently been updated to reflect that avatars in the Microsoft Teams app can help people avoid cameras when they don’t want to be seen. Using the 3D Avatar function, a virtual clone will be displayed on the screen, which will respond based on your voice without the need for a camera.
Microsoft, in a roadmap update, noted, “Avatars for Microsoft Teams give you the much-needed camera break, while still allowing you to collaborate effectively.” And users can “add a new layer of choice to your meetings and represent yourself the way you want with customizable avatars and reactions.”
Speaking with The Verge in 2021, Microsoft’s Katie Kelly, principal product manager, Microsoft Mesh, said, “We’re able to interpret your vocal cues to animate that avatar so it feels present and It feels like it’s with you.”
The Verge reports that Microsoft has more plans for its avatars. The company is collaborating with META to offer immersive 3D meetings that can be accessed through META VR headsets. As part of this collaboration, Microsoft is developing a Teams client specifically for Meta Quest headsets – enabling users to host meetings in VR – using 3D avatars that include floating emoji and hand-like animations. lifting is included.
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