During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of Virtual Reality started to pick up for gaming, fitness, and professional uses such as meetings and presence in VR. In 2021, the term "Metaverse" started to get broad attention and also Microsoft made relevant announcements such as Microsoft Mesh.

In this session attendees will learn about what the Metaverse is and what it can be used for.
Then we will look at what services Microsoft has made available within Azure to enable Metaverse scenarios and what has been announced in this context.
This is a rapidly evolving field and the exact list of services is expected to grow every year.
Some of the currently relevant services discussed will be Azure Object Anchors, Azure Spatial Anchors, and Azure Remote Rendering.
Some hands-on demos will round up the presentation.

Finally the session will look at what IoT has to do with the Metaverse and how Microsoft's offerings relate to it.