Microsoft Mesh is a platform for shared mixed-reality experiences that lets distributed participants meet as avatars in persistent 3D spaces across headsets and conventional devices.

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  • Microsoft Mesh provides avatar-based presence, shared spatial content and collaboration features integrated with Microsoft’s productivity tools, accessible from headsets and standard screens. It targets enterprise meetings and events rather than open social worlds.
  • Mesh succeeded earlier social VR efforts at Microsoft and reuses avatar and spatial concepts common to shared virtual worlds. It connects avatar systems to mixed-reality collaboration.

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