AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before “metaverse” was a household word is shuttering for good this time. After announcing ...

As part of its wider job cuts, Microsoft has laid off a number of staff involved with the metaverse, virtual, and mixed reality. Microsoft plans to sunset the social VR platform AltspaceVR, which it ...

You may be feeling a sense of deja vu at news that social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR is being closed down. This almost happened once before, after its developers announced in 2017 they didn't ...

The AltspaceVR social networking platform will be sunset on March 10. The announcement came days after Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs and changes to its "hardware portfolio". Microsoft acquired ...

Microsoft bought AltspaceVR in 2017, just as it was ready to go down, and hasn't made any significant modifications to the service until now. Kipman now refers to AltspaceVR as "a building stone for ...

The MR (Mixed Reality) Division of Microsoft's Cloud and AI Group has announced that it will end the provision of the social VR platform ' AltspaceVR ' on March 10, 2023. It is also reported that the ...

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) prepared to sunset the AltpaceVR platform on March 10, 2023, and shifted focus to support immersive experiences powered by the metaverse platform Microsoft Mesh. Through ...