Not to be outdone by Meta’s VR world sans legs, Microsoft has announced Mesh (?), a virtual meeting platform for Teams.
They have provided this shot to media:
I mean, the only thing that would be worse is if the presentation were photorealistic. Because legless torsos are terrifying.
Really, examine the shot. It looks like all these engaged, happy cartoon people had their legs cut off and their upper body stumps were cauterized and plopped down onto the furniture. Except for the ones that just magically float like ghosts. I mean, only the furniture is casting shadows, so maybe they’re all ghosts–ghosts of workers who got chopped up while on a team-building exercise in the woods, and now they exist in this perpetual otherworldly realm, unaware that their mortal days are done, and that they no longer have to pretend to be interested in slide decks and Excel spreadsheets.
It’s 2024. Why is this Mesh1You know I was going to do this at some point the best a company recently valued at $3 trillion U.S. can do?
Fun bonus fact: Three months after absorbing Activision Blizzard, Microsoft announced its laying off 1900 workers. Never mind the record profits, there’s cuttin’ needs be done!
