Microsoft Office is coming to VR

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

The Oculus Quest is getting Windows 11 and Microsoft Office

Office 365, Windows 365, Teams, and Azure are all on the way.

www.androidcentral.com

Meta and Microsoft announced a partnership and Microsoft Office and Teams are coming to VR via the Quest. Additionally, the headsets are also getting integration with Microsoft Azure and Active Directory. That's pretty big, and gives us a look at work with Apple Reality.

 

[Kierkegaarden]

Meta and Microsoft announced a partnership and Microsoft Office and Teams are coming to VR via the Quest. Additionally, the headsets are also getting integration with Microsoft Azure and Active Directory. That's pretty big, and gives us a look at work with Apple Reality.

I think there is still a question as to what VR/AR adds to work productivity. Meta seems to be leaning into this, but I’m guessing that Apple will take a different approach. They have their own productivity suite (which I use exclusively), and along with its own App Store, I think this will shape the technology more than a legacy product ported into VR/AR.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

I think there is still a question as to what VR/AR adds to work productivity. Meta seems to be leaning into this, but I’m guessing that Apple will take a different approach. They have their own productivity suite (which I use exclusively), and along with its own App Store, I think this will shape the technology more than a legacy product ported into VR/AR.

Allow me to give you an example of something VR/AR adds: AR displays wherever you want

With mixed reality you can have the headset be all your external displays. Place as many as you want, however big you want them, wherever you want them without any real world physical limitations, and since only you can see them you can’t get tailgated.

Meta demonstrated this with a Macbook Pro on a table with a Quest Pro connected to it, and the Quest Pro added three additional desktop displays you could use.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Allow me to give you an example of something VR/AR adds: AR displays wherever you want

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Horrible. That’s AR. An AR screen has ambient light bleeding through it so you won’t get the level of clarity, color fidelity or contrast that we get from a monitor.

I can only see it useful if you are somehow somewhere where monitors can’t be found.

I used virtual monitors in Oculus VR and it was just not a comfortable experience.

Can we all stop typing ‘AR/VR’ together as one abbreviation? They are very different when it comes to experience.

 

[ponzicoinbro]

The Oculus Quest is getting Windows 11 and Microsoft Office

Office 365, Windows 365, Teams, and Azure are all on the way.

www.androidcentral.com

Meta and Microsoft announced a partnership and Microsoft Office and Teams are coming to VR via the Quest. Additionally, the headsets are also getting integration with Microsoft Azure and Active Directory. That's pretty big, and gives us a look at work with Apple Reality.

It’s just a cloud app. You can launch a browser and do it anyway.

But if anyone really believes the masses will stick on a head set to do Office work, I have a bridge to sell them.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Horrible. That’s AR. An AR screen has ambient light bleeding through it so you won’t get the level of clarity, color fidelity or contrast that we get from a monitor.

I can only see it useful if you are somehow somewhere where monitors can’t be found.

I used virtual monitors in Oculus VR and it was just not a comfortable experience.

Can we all stop typing ‘AR/VR’ together as one abbreviation? They are very different when it comes to experience.

Would "Mixed Reality" be better for you?

 

[ponzicoinbro]

Would "Mixed Reality" be better for you?

Those are even jankier.

I no longer own an Oculus as I prefer gaming on a big screen like a normal person untied and not imprisoned inside something.

For AR, I will wait until they can be implemented in normal dress glasses with prescription lenses. That will take years if it ever happens. I use frameless glasses like Steve Jobs had and I doubt this kind of design will ever have AR, unless it is a clip on.

 

[Spaceboi Scaphandre]

Those are even jankier.

I no longer own an Oculus as I prefer gaming on a big screen like a normal person untied and not imprisoned inside something.

For AR, I will wait until they can be implemented in normal dress glasses with prescription lenses. That will take years if it ever happens. I use frameless glasses like Steve Jobs had and I doubt this kind of design will ever have AR, unless it is a clip on.

Uhh...the Quest 2 and Pro come with a glasses spacer in the box.

 

[257Loner]

Allow me to give you an example of something VR/AR adds: AR displays wherever you want

View attachment 2096380

With mixed reality you can have the headset be all your external displays. Place as many as you want, however big you want them, wherever you want them without any real world physical limitations, and since only you can see them you can’t get tailgated.

Meta demonstrated this with a Macbook Pro on a table with a Quest Pro connected to it, and the Quest Pro added three additional desktop displays you could use.

I want to thank you for sharing that insight. Based on that video, it appears Augmented Reality could effectively serve the purpose holograms were invented for. Of course, they're holograms that only you can see, like most mirages and illusions.

 

[floral]

With mixed reality you can have the headset be all your external displays. Place as many as you want, however big you want them, wherever you want them without any real world physical limitations, and since only you can see them you can’t get tailgated.

Meta demonstrated this with a Macbook Pro on a table with a Quest Pro connected to it, and the Quest Pro added three additional desktop displays you could use.

Goodbye burning tens of thousands of dollars on fancy 5K 120hz displays, hello future!