Meta Quest Pro VR headset may, with Microsoft’s help, be super productive

Microsoft is bringing some of its remote work software to the metaverse. Microsoft and Meta announced during the recent Meta Connect 2022 event that they’re entering a new productivity-focused VR and AR partnership

In a blog post about the news, Microsoft wrote (opens in new tab) that, as workplace environments evolve in the aftermath of the pandemic, it’s important to adapt with the times. The company points to recent data it collected showing “50 percent of Gen Z and millennials [envision] doing some of their work in the metaverse [within] the next two years.” It's in this context that Microsoft is expanding beyond its own HoloLens/mixed-reality efforts to help Meta establish a foothold in productivity-oriented VR and AR.