Microsoft's metaverse ambitions extend well beyond a handful of slot Teams features, The Verge reports Chief Executive Satya Nadella told Bloomberg that the company is "definitely planning" to create a game metaverse with a "full 3D" world, the claims being vague at best. as possible And there's no timeline or software. But in the process (finally)
The question, of course, is what those metaverse experiences will be. Nadella is not entirely clear on the definition of the metaverse and believes games like Halo, Minecraft, and even Flight Simulator are simpler "2D" metaverses. Sorry, Nadella, but it isn't—just there. The multiplayer area doesn't create a metaverse, especially not with match-focused games like Halo.
The potential is there, although Microsoft has dabbled in metaverse-like projects like Minecraft on HoloLens and the now-defunct Minecraft Earth. Software creators can easily translate lessons learned from that software into shared virtual environments. Although it doesn't look like the company's most well-known franchise.