Microsoft will shut down AltspaceVR

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Engadget wrote
Microsoft is narrowing its metaverse ambitions. In a blog post spotted by VentureBeat (via The Verge), the company announced it would shut down AltspaceVR, the social virtual reality platform the company acquired in 2017, on March 10th, 2023. Microsoft attributed the decision to a desire to focus on Mesh, the mixed reality platform the company announced in 2021 and later said would come to Teams.

source: https://www.engadget.com/microsoft-will-shut-down-altspacevr-on-march-10th-232434724.html

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The Verge also covered this article and its mentioned on the official twitter account

based on the Twitter comments it took a few by surprise but if we are all being honest the downscaling Microsoft has been doing lately is a little scary all around - more so if they do managed to get the Activision Blizzard deal through the door (thats about 10′000 staff added to the books) - won’t be immediate but how long before they drop staff again ?