Microsoft’s grand metaverse plans to start with Teams app

Microsoft plans to offer its vision of the metaverse in 2022 with Microsoft Teams – and it includes smartphones.

The company has said the upgraded experiences will also be available on smartphones and laptops amid Facebook’s metaverse plans.

Microsoft has said next year Teams users will be able to access their meetings on virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) headsets and participate in them as a virtual space. There will be animated avatars at play with expressions and the meeting participants may be able to choose a virtual location too such as a coffee shop, instead of a boring background.