Microsoft today announced new AI services for marketers and sales teams as well as plans to introduce mixed reality for the workplace with HoloLens.
Microsoft today announced a series of new AI and mixed reality services for workplace software Dynamics 365, including HoloLens-powered tools and intelligence built to make marketing and sales teams work better.
Mixed reality services from Microsoft for the workplace were first made available in preview in May and will become generally available in the coming weeks, a Microsoft spokesperson told VentureBeat.
Remote Assist allows technicians and experts within companies to see what frontline workers can see, then help them solve problems using HoloLens while they work with their hands. It’s a scenario as old as the corporate VR/AR craze itself.
Layout, another mixed reality tool, helps people visualize the placing of items in commercial or industrial settings, working with 3D models to resize, move, and quickly edit layouts with real-world scale.
Companies like Chevron currently use Remote Assist today for facility inspections.
Also coming soon to Dynamics 365 are a series of AI services:
The news today comes ahead of Microsoft Ignite, a conference for information technology professionals that takes place next week in Orlando, Florida. News about other workplace tools is also expected soon from Salesforce’s annual conference Dreamforce.
