In the matter of AI, Microsoft said goodbye to its old partner, after 15,000 people lost their jobs, now this service is also closed.

News India Live, Digital Desk: There is a saying in the world of technology “What does not change with time, is left behind.” world giant company Microsoft Nowadays it is working very strictly on this formula. In the recent past, the company has fired thousands of employees and now news is coming that it has decided to close one of its big services forever.

“We no longer want a metaverse, we want AI.”

You may remember a few years ago everywhere ‘Virtual Reality’ (VR) And ‘Mixed Reality’ There was a noise. It was being said that in future we will live in a different world by wearing glasses. Microsoft also invested a lot of money in it. But now the wind has changed.

Microsoft has ‘Windows Mixed Reality’ It has been decided to discontinue the service. To put it simply, the feature that used to connect your Windows computer to a VR headset will now be history. The company has made it clear that it will continue to work with the old Windows version, but this feature will be removed in the new Windows update.

Laying off 15,000 people and new strategy

This decision was not taken suddenly. In the recent past, Microsoft has laid off about 15,000 employees. Many of these people were those who were working on projects like ‘Mixed Reality’ and ‘HaloLens’. When there were no workers left, the closure of the project was inevitable.

There is only one reason: ‘Artificial Intelligence’ (AI)

Now you might be wondering why Microsoft is doing this? the answer is AI (Artificial Intelligence).
After the success of ChatGPT and Copilot, Satya Nadella (CEO)’s entire focus is only on AI. The company now wants to invest all its money and resources where the future lies. They feel that mixed reality no longer has as much power as AI has.

What will be the impact on common users?

If you are a common computer user and you do not care much about VR games or headsets, then it will not have any effect on you. But for the gamers or professionals who used it, this is definitely a bit disappointing news.

The bottom line is that technology is cruel. What is trending today may be trash tomorrow. Microsoft has changed its course, now it remains to be seen where this new path (AI) takes them.