Get Started with Immersive Spaces in Microsoft Teams

Notes:

·       To learn more about Microsoft Mesh, see Microsoft Mesh overview

·       If you’re not seeing the Immersive space (3D) option in the View drop-down menu, it could be one of the following reasons:

·       You don’t have the right app permission policy assigned in the Teams Admin Centre. Check with your IT admin to see if the Teams app permission policy is allowing or blocking Mesh Immersive spaces for you. If your admin made changes to the app permission policies, it may take up to 24 hours for the Immersive space option to appear. See set up immersive spaces in Teams

·       Immersive spaces in Teams are currently available on the Teams desktop app for Windows. It’s not yet supported on Teams desktop app for Mac, Teams on web, and Teams mobile. For more information, see immersive spaces release notes

Introduction

Connect like never before in a three-dimensional (3D) immersive space, helping virtual meetings and experiences feel more like face-to-face connections. Immersive spaces have unique attributes that create a perception of being physically together in a 3D digital space, including spatial interaction, co-presence, and immersion.

It makes building relationships easier by bringing the power of Mesh into people’s everyday workplace. With just one click, you can easily transform your virtual meeting into a 3D experience with immersive spaces in Teams.

•     Immersive spaces work well for these types of meetings:
•     Weekly scrums or standups with your team
•     Brainstorming sessions with multiple break-out groups
•     Casual get-togethers or celebrations for morale
•     Virtual networking sessions across multiple groups
•     Onboarding meet-and-greets for new team members

Note: The following licenses support Mesh immersive spaces: Teams Essentials, Microsoft 365 Business Basic, Microsoft 365 Business Standard, Microsoft 365 Business Premium, Microsoft 365 E3/E5, and Office 365 E1/E3/E5.

Meet on a PC or with a Meta Quest VR device

Both platforms encourage you to explore and enjoy our three-dimensional environments, and using a Quest device provides a more embodied and immersive experience.

Use immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams

Join an immersive space directly from within a Teams meeting through the View menu option.

Note: If you don’t see the option to join an Immersive space (3D) in the View menu, see How to fix app, audio, and GPU issues for immersive spaces.

Socialize and connect within a three-dimensional environment

Have multiple, simultaneous conversations and communicate effectively in subgroups without talking over each other. Immersive spaces in Teams enable collaboration for all your meeting attendees, even if some of them join from outside the immersive space. If you join from a standard 2D Teams meeting experience, you can see, hear, and interact with others in an immersive space. If any participant shares their screen, the content is visible to all meeting attendees.

Walk out of the Teams screen share area to have side conversations

When you join an immersive space, you’ll start in the screen share area where you can hear and talk with non-immersive participants. If you walk outside of the screen share area, participants in non-immersive won’t be able to hear you, enabling you to have side conversation with other immersive participants.

Those inside the screen share area will experience different spatial audio effects than those outside the screen share area. For more information, see Spatial audio in Microsoft Teams meetings.

Join with avatars for Teams

As you enter the immersive space, choose an avatar that you’ve already built for standard Teams meetings or create a new one. It’s easy to customize your avatar to reflect your appearance, style, or mood for the day.

How to Enter 3D immersive spaces from Teams?

There are several ways to join an immersive space from Teams:

•     A scheduled meeting through Teams or Outlook
•     When you start a meeting by Meet now
•     Channel meetings when you select Join from any Teams chat group

You can have as many people in immersive spaces as in your Teams meeting, but only 16 participants are allowed in the same immersive space at a time

To use immersive spaces in Teams:

1.    Sign in Teams on your desktop

2.    Go to your Calendar on the left side of Teams

3.    Go to the meeting you’ll be joining, then select Join

4.    From the meeting menu at the top, select View > Immersive space (3D). Mesh For Teams will begin loading, and you’ll come to the immersive space pre-join screen

Note: If you don’t see Immersive space as an option here, contact your IT admin

5.    Select + or the pencil icon to create or customize your avatar

6.    Adjust your audio device from the pre-join screen

Important: The Windows default speaker will be selected by default, even when Teams is using a different device. If you’d like to change the speaker settings for your Windows system, go to Windows Settings > System > Sound

7.    Once you’re ready to join the meeting, select Join now to enter the meeting room. Once there, you’ll see other participants that did not join the immersive space in the virtual gallery. Any screen shared will be visible on the virtual stage

Move around in an immersive space

Look around, walk, run, teleport, or just sit at the table with other avatars. To move around, press the WASD keys. For details, you can also access the Control tutorial from the immersive space Help menu:

Use the V key to toggle between Avatar 1st and 3rd person views

Use Teams meeting features in an immersive space
During the meeting, all Teams features can be accessed above the immersive space window, such as Share content, Chat, People, Mute/Unmute, and Leave. In the immersive space, you’ll be represented by your avatar, so the Camera will appear as off

Platform support

To use immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams or on Meta Quest devices:

•     Ensure your IT admin has completed set up. If your admin has recently made changes to the app permission policies, it may take up to 24 hours for Immersive space to appear under your meeting options. See Setup Immersive spaces in Microsoft Teams, which covers how to set up Mesh immersive spaces.
•     Use a PC or Meta Quest device. PC minimum hardware requirements are a 4-core CPU & 8 GB RAM.
•     Ensure you’re using classic Teams.
•     Install the Microsoft Mesh app for Meta Quest devices.

Note: Immersive spaces are supported for Teams meetings outside your org, but some functionalities may not be available.

Give feedback

Have a question, problem, or suggestion? Here are two ways to submit feedback:

1.     Provide feedback from inside immersive spaces

•     Select the system menu button at the bottom left of the screen

•     Select Feedback

2.    Provide feedback from the Teams menu

•     Select Settings and more … next to your profile picture in the upper right corner of Teams, and then select Help > Give feedback

•     In the Give feedback dialog box, follow the instructions to enter details about your issue

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