Microsoft is launching a set of its Microsoft 365 apps on Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional headset later this week. Microsoft Phrase, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote, Loop, and Microsoft Groups will all be accessible within the App Retailer for Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional on February 2nd — the identical day Apple’s new headset is available in shops.
Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional house owners will even be capable of entry an AI-powered model of Copilot whereas utilizing the headset, together with the power to create drafts, summarize paperwork, and generate PowerPoint displays together with your voice.
Phrase on the Imaginative and prescient Professional features a focus mode very similar to the reader mode discovered within the desktop variations, alongside a ribbon interface that appears touch-friendly. You possibly can create PowerPoint slides on the Imaginative and prescient Professional and use the app to observe displays. Excel contains the power to create charts and tables, analyze information, and many of the options you’d discover in common variations of Excel.
Whereas Microsoft just lately launched a 3D and VR expertise for Microsoft Groups that completely works on Meta’s Quest headsets, Microsoft Mesh integration for the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional received’t be accessible at launch. “We’ll proceed bringing revolutionary experiences to new units, together with bringing Microsoft Mesh to Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional within the coming 12 months,” says Lori Craw, director of Microsoft 365 advertising.
Very similar to the Zoom app on the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, Microsoft Groups will assist Apple’s “persona” (a digital avatar primarily based on a face scan) throughout video calls. Microsoft has additionally added emoji reactions and, after all, the power to take part within the chat expertise of Groups. It can even be simple to switch a Groups assembly from desktop or cell to the Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional, or from the headset again to different units.
Whereas Microsoft, Disney, and others are supporting Apple’s Imaginative and prescient Professional headset at launch, there are some notable exceptions. Netflix and YouTube each aren’t launching Apple Imaginative and prescient Professional apps this week, forcing house owners of Apple’s headset to stream movies from an online browser as a substitute.