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Holger_Duempelmann
Oct 17, 2023Brass Contributor
Permanent worlds that can be entered without an event?
It is already fun to deal with MS-Mesh. The adjustments with Unity also work quite well, my colleagues say. As a business consultant, I only ever see the results :-). What I would find great is the...
xrdyne2
Copper Contributor
you need persistent space if for example people are working on models for some purpose and they only got halfway done. doesnt matter if people are lonely. its not about hanging out but continuing the long running application whenever people can jump in.
Holger_Duempelmann
Oct 19, 2023Brass Contributor
This is really a good addition. I didn't mention it explicitly, but it was also a thought when I talked about persistent spaces.
That is an invaluable advantage of virtual rooms as opposed to physical meeting rooms. I can just leave everything there and don't have to tidy everything up, as in physical meeting rooms, because a follow-up meeting is being held there by others.
This scenario is even much more business-critical and valuable for the company than the currently focused culture initiatives.
That is an invaluable advantage of virtual rooms as opposed to physical meeting rooms. I can just leave everything there and don't have to tidy everything up, as in physical meeting rooms, because a follow-up meeting is being held there by others.
This scenario is even much more business-critical and valuable for the company than the currently focused culture initiatives.
- xrdyne2Oct 19, 2023Copper ContributorYeah i totally agree. the whole metaverse space ( i hate that word ) is litered with demos of cartoonish characters hiding behind your sofa. but most things in industry deal with the logistics of space. warehouses , assembly lines, car repair, paint jobs , bar tending. why demos only show bunch of people hanging out doing nothing is beyond me. there is so much to do actually. BMW and Siemen have totally virtualized their plant operations. But everyone else demos cocktail parties without the cocktails.
- Holger_DuempelmannOct 19, 2023Brass ContributorI can fully understand your examples.
Now, of course, you can argue back and forth. I don't think that is currently the primary goal of Mesh.
Microsoft differentiates very well here. First, Mesh addresses the "commercial metaverse", I don't really like the term metaverse either, and the things you describe are called "industrial metaverse" by Microsoft. Of course, there are also overlaps and permeabilities.
It is up to us to identify meaningful and value-adding use cases from this area that offer us a good entry point with the customer.
But I agree with you that the examples where people just hand out "likes and hearts" will not be enough to convince business decision makers to invest in more complicated economic times.
But there are also such use cases in the commercial metaverse and that Microsoft will provide suitable functions for this in Mesh quickly.