Microsoft on Thursday announced the closure of Windows Mixed Reality feature. Microsoft announced in a blogpost on December 22, 2023, “The Windows Mixed Reality feature has been deprecated and will be removed in a future release of Windows. This removal announcement also includes the Mixed Reality Portal app and SteamVR and Windows Mixed Reality feature also added to Steam VR beta”
Windows Mixed Reality feature was introduced with Windows 10 update in 2017 and today it is being removed at the end of 2023. The Mixed Reality feature provided its Mixed Reality Portal app, allowing users to access the technology on their personal computers with the use of a VR headset.
Microsoft will shut down Windows Mixed Reality feature
The Windows Mixed Reality feature was first released by Microsoft to give users access to virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) experiences on Windows 10 computers. Microsoft has come out in relief by saying that after shutting down the Windows Mixed Reality feature, users will still be able to have VR experiences using Steam VR and other third-party VR platforms.
However, many people are linking the reason for discontinuing this mixed reality feature to the plans of Hololens 3 headset. Due to the cancellation of HoloLens 3 plans, there was no point in maintaining the Windows Mixed Reality feature, so it can also be discontinued.
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The decision to suddenly discontinue the Windows Mixed Reality feature has come as a surprise to many users. Now Microsoft is going to compete with the ambitious people like Apple, it is also reducing the size of VR division over time.
Meanwhile, Microsoft has struck a partnership with Suno to add Suno’s AI-based music creation capabilities to Microsoft’s AI-powered chatbot Copilot, and it’s getting more attention than ever. What will happen from this partnership? This feature, if enabled in CoPilot, allows users to create personalized songs with a simple gesture.
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Suno which is an AI-based music production company in which you can create your own music, if Copilot upgrades this company tool with an AI-powered chatbot then it will be a new beginning in the world of music.