Microsoft Mesh

They introduced this today; not specifically Series X-related but I think it's a step towards some type of VR/AR support to be introduced to the platform within perhaps a year's time or two. Not Mesh specifically, but something leveraging some of its technologies, perhaps?

Anyway I find it interesting because it removes some of the barriers (IMO) with current VR, mainly how it acts as a physical barrier between you and others in real space. Mesh doesn't seem to completely cut the user out of the physical reality around them and I think that's important. However, it's clearly not necessarily VR in the way other devices are; I just want a future where the strengths of both of these technologies can be combined into a singular product because that's when I think the full game design potential of VR & AR can finally be tapped into.

 

Future is here, and it's a little bit sad. I hope we can do something more interesting in the future.