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Microsoft is launching its immersive 3D meetings inside Microsoft Teams today. Microsoft Mesh, the company\u2019s mixed reality platform, is coming out of preview and being integrated into Teams to let people gather in virtual spaces with or without a VR headset.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
I got to try out Mesh inside Microsoft Teams<\/a> late last year, and it feels a lot like a corporate version of AltspaceVR, the social VR platform Microsoft acquired in 2017 and shut down a year ago<\/a>. The 3D Mesh meetings in Teams work best with a VR headset, with Microsoft only supporting Meta\u2019s Quest devices currently.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n You can participate in virtual 3D meetings, and the impressive spatial audio feature mimics the ability to have the type of private conversations you\u2019d have in an office by moving away from other co-workers in a virtual space. The 3D environments are also customizable, with games like tossing bean bags or icebreaker questions for remote colleagues you might not have met before.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n All of the standard Mesh features, including immersive spaces in Teams, will be available to Microsoft Teams business plans. If you want to deploy a custom immersive space, then a Teams Premium license is required. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n