Microsoft 365 apps coming for Apple Vision Pro

On February 2, Microsoft will release PowerPoint, Excel, and Word for the Apple Vision Pro, making the Microsoft 365 suite some of the first apps available for Apple's spatial computing headset.

According to Microsoft, Apple Vision Pro Immersive Environments make working on documents even easier by helping users block out distractions. Immersive Environments allow users to fine-tune their mixed reality experience, blending between a view of their local environment and a virtual one.

A custom Immersive Environment has been designed for PowerPoint. This new environment allows users to practice their presentations as though they are practicing in front of an audience.

Microsoft says that users will be able to transform the way they use Excel and "quickly graph the most complex formulas, charts and tables, and leverage the power of both, Excel and Apple Vision Pro, to analyze, manipulate, and visualize data."

Microsoft Teams also is making its way to the Apple Vision Pro. Users can meet, chat, call, and collaborate while using the Apple Vision Pro. Additionally, Teams video calls will use the Persona feature to authentically represent a wearer's face while wearing the headset.

Lastly, Microsoft mentions that Copilot, its chatbot service, will also make its way to the Apple Vision Pro.

13 Comments

tht 23 Years · 5654 comments

About 10 months ago

Which version of Office365 is it going to be? Same features as macOS Office? iPadOS Office? iPhone Office?

Obviously won't be like Windows Office. MS gatekeeps its Windows and Office monopoly by always making Office on other platforms have less features. It's a figurative dial they can turn on whether they want to allow new operating systems and platforms onto the PC market.

danox 11 Years · 3445 comments

Office365 is Microsofts rear guard action there to make sure a third party program like Figma (which is causing indigestion for Adobe) doesn't pop up against them from out of nowhere.

rax_mark New User · 37 comments

Yeah, cause that's what people want to do make Excel spreadsheets using pinch gestures while wearing a heavy headset.

PowerPoint is cool though.

rax_mark said:

Yeah, cause that's what people want to do make Excel spreadsheets using pinch gestures while wearing a heavy headset.

PowerPoint is cool though.

If you want to write documents or perform some text heavy workflow, just use a wireless keyboard and mouse with the VP. There are a lot of really good ones on the market. Really, there are a lot of really good keyboards and mice on the market. Wish I had the time and money to try more of them.

Still a lot of questions of the level of complexity applications will have. Will be curious to see if Apple puts FCP and LP onto it. Wish Terminal and Xcode comes with it too.