Microsoft Launches Mesh, Virtual Meeting Platform On Teams

Examples of Mesh virtual space views in Microsoft Teams (photo: Microsoft)

JAKARTA - Microsoft announced that it has launched Mesh, a 3D immersive virtual meeting room, for all Microsoft Teams users on PC or Meta Quest VR devices.

To support the geographically spread work of hybrid and organization, we created Microsoft Mesh. Mesh supports an immersive 3D experience of using next-generation technology that helps virtual connections feel more like face-to-face interactions," Microsoft wrote in its announcement.

Microsoft Mesh is now generally available in Teams! Re-imagine the way employees connect and collaborate. Read to see Microsoft Mesh in action. https://t.co/6AVHFzrSFK pic.twitter.com/06OMHgubxB

— Microsoft Teams (@MicrosoftTeams) January 24, 2024

Microsoft Mesh is now generally available in Teams! Re-imagine the way employees connect and collaborate. Read to see Microsoft Mesh in action. https://t.co/6AVHFzrSFK pic.twitter.com/06OMHgubxB

Not only virtual space, Microsoft Mesh also allows you to create avatars to represent yourself, and meet other avatars in the same virtual space.

Here, you can also use the Teams feature you like, such as accessing shared content to collaborate, communicating with Teams chats, and using live reactions to express yourself.

Mesh also provides a series of ready-to-use spaces that can be adjusted by the company with everything from video information to logo, without the need to enter any code.

Microsoft says that this Toolkit Mesh works through Unity, Microsoft's 2D and 3D development platforms, to adjust the virtual world further.

"Mesh for Teams has proven to bring big changes to us; our hybrid encounters are more collaborative and in-depth, and more enjoyable," said Leo Barella, Chief Technology Officer of Takeda, one of the companies that customers have used Mesh.

Currently, Microsoft is offering a six-month free trial to anyone with a business or company package.

Otherwise, the price ranges from 4 US dollars (IDR 63 thousand) per monthly user for Microsoft Teams Essentials to 57 US dollars (IDR 902 thousand) per monthly user for Microsoft 365 E5.