Stratechery An Interview With Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella About Partnering in the Metaverse
Oct 12, 2022
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, is at the forefront of the metaverse and VR, while Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, drives innovation in cloud computing and software. They discuss their collaboration on integrating HoloLens with Oculus for enterprise use. The conversation touches on using immersive tech to boost workplace productivity and the potential of mixed reality post-pandemic. They also explore the importance of open systems for the metaverse's future and the transformative role of AI in content creation and discovery.
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Meta & Microsoft Partnership
- Meta and Microsoft partnered to bring the metaverse to enterprise.
- Microsoft's existing enterprise software and Meta's hardware expertise create synergy.
VR/AR as Personal Computing
- VR headsets will be another form factor for personal computing, like laptops or phones.
- Mixed reality headsets will be used for frontline work via pass-through technology.
Office on Mac First
- Satya Nadella highlighted Microsoft's history of developing Office on Mac before Windows.
- This anecdote emphasizes Microsoft's platform-agnostic approach to software.