Some of Microsoft's Casual Games could soon be a part of Teams' meetings and it may already be in the process of testing.
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The news comes from The Verge whose sources say games are being designed for meeting participants to play against one another. However, Microsoft has refused to officially respond to questions about their integration. Microsoft already owns a Casual Games suite, from which it is planning to pull some of its games across to be used in Teams. We should not apparently be expecting Grand Theft Auto or Need for Speed, but simple classics like Solitaire, Minesweeper, and Wordament. The idea behind introducing games to Teams meetings would be to improve user experience, add value to the platform, and help it compete against rival video conferencing platforms. One of its major competitors, Zoom, does not offer any built-in games, for example. There are also plans to create virtual spaces where colleagues can play games and socialise. These virtual spaces will coincide with Microsoft's future metaverse ambitions. Microsoft Teams has recently made several improvements to its platform, notably with Microsoft Operator Connect Accelerator, Direct Routing capabilities, and more. The latest changes to Microsoft Teams can be found in its May updates. A string of updates was also released at Microsoft Build 2022, such as tools to embed Teams' features and a toolkit for visual studio code. As mentioned above, the rumours of games integration into virtual spaces merge modern Teams' communications with the futuristic world of the metaverse. To get a sense of what Microsoft is up to right now in the metaverse, some recent developments in this area include Microsoft's strategic partnership with Zoom for VR conferencing, Microsoft and Volkswagen building an AR navigation service, and Microsoft's partnership with the army's mixed reality program.
