Microsoft will bring support for Word, Excel, and Teams to the Apple Vision Pro AR headset.

With future trends, technology is diversifying into other regions. Like before, people loved to watch their favorite shows on TV and in theatres, but now they are shifting to VR headsets. I agree that a few companies have threatened to offer such VR headsets, but until today, no VR headset has run on its own OS and can perform many functions that no one ever expected.

Specifically, I’m talking about the World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) 2023, which will occur in Apple Park, Cupertino, California. This time around, developers have introduced the world’s leading VR headset, Apple Vision Pro. You will be surprised to know that, besides entertainment, Vision Pro also features productivity apps. So, let’s see what exactly is done.

Microsoft will bring Microsoft Office to Apple’s Vision Pro AR headset.

It is no longer possible for people to love old technological rituals anymore. Today, spatial computing is gaining a lot of dominance in the industry. For this reason, you can understand why Apple decided to develop its AR and VR headset. The new Apple Vision Pro combines virtual reality and augmented reality. If you don’t know, AR is more realistic, whereas VR generates fictitious things.

If you look at the unique features of Apple Vision Pro, you will find a lot of new things, such as 3D layered responsive design, all-new VisionOS, displays better than 4K, Apple Eyesight Trust, a specific chip for low latency, realistic digital avatars, and more things that today’s VR deserves. Apart from these features, Apple Vision Pro has support from several industry giants, such as Apple TV, Disney shows, and many others.

This Mixed Reality Headset comes with unique navigation that you can control via hand, eyes, and face so that you face no difficulty. These are things purely dedicated to features and entertainment. However, I am glad that Microsoft has supported Apple Vision Pro using production apps like Microsoft Word, Excel, and Teams. Apple, however, shows Excel and Word running inside Vision Pro.

Additionally, we found that Microsoft is using the same ribbon interface as the web version. For Teams, there is no such specific demonstration, but it has been confirmed that Microsoft will support Vision Pro’s 3D personas (a machine-learning technique to build a face virtually). Zoom and WebEx will also support these 3D personas on the Apple Vision Pro Headset.

Moreover, Apple has thought of more ways to empower and make the AR’s $3,499 cost worth it by loading more features. I mean to say that apart from entertainment and productivity apps, the Apple Vision Pro will also have support for all “Unity” games, and Adobe is also planning to load Lightroom over this AR, so photo editing becomes more manageable with its quality navigation. Meanwhile, it would be a great deal to buy at this price.

Some may recall that Microsoft has its own VR headset (HoloLens), which is why it supports Apple’s Vision Pro. Then, you should know that this is one of many times Microsoft has done something for Apple. Remember, they are the ones who made Office available to all new M1 Silicon chips and added Office support for Mac users. Microsoft also wanted to make such an AR but needed help to fulfill it. They saw the potential in this AR, and that’s why they are supporting it.

Apple Vision Pro will become the global AR headset leader in the coming days. You have seen what Apple has done for it. It is also confirmed that this AR will get a dedicated store to load apps. This is just an announcement, but Apple Vision Pro is likely to be publicly available in early 2024, initially for US users. Later, in other countries like India, it would be mid- or late 2024. These are the details that have been uncovered. Stay tuned with us for more updates.

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