Bill Gates predicts “the death” of Zoom and Skype
According to the billionaire, most virtual meetings will take place in metaverses
10.12.2021 - 12:50
944
1 min
0
What’s new? On his personal Twitter blog, the Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates made a prediction about the future of metaverses. Gates said that users will soon be playing, chatting, and meeting in metaverses instead of the “outdated” Zoom and Skype.
2021 was an incredibly hard year for many people, including me, but there are reasons to be optimistic that 2022 will be better: https://t.co/BxF6Q4K9Mq pic.twitter.com/C0SdhYxKg8— Bill Gates (@BillGates) December 8, 2021
What else did Gates say? The billionaire notes that Covid-19 has “revolutionized” remote communications, and this is just the beginning:
“Within the next two or three years, I predict most virtual meetings will move from 2D camera image grids to a 3D space with digital avatars.”
What did Gates say about the new projects? Microsoft’s former chief says that the company is working on adding 3D avatars and other elements for the metaverse to its new Teams software. Gates also spoke about his collaboration with Mark Zuckerberg and Meta. The company is creating a new Workplace application that will integrate Microsoft Teams.
Useful material?
Telegram 
Twitter Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in its first cryptocurrency approached $14 billion
Nov 19, 2024
Incidents
The search, the reason for which was not announced, took place a week after the election, the results of which Polymarket users predicted quite accurately
Nov 14, 2024
Market
Analysts point to the growing popularity of the first cryptocurrency as a safe haven asset
Nov 13, 2024
Market
The product will begin trading on the Swiss Exchange on November 19
Nov 12, 2024
Market
The company’s unrealized profits from investing in the first cryptocurrency approached $13 billion
Nov 12, 2024
Market
The company predicts that the rate of the first cryptocurrency will grow to $200 000 by the end of next year
Nov 11, 2024
Cryptocurrency rates
-
Bitcoin
$98 461
BTC
+4.52%
-
Ethereum
$3 340.96
ETH
+9.72%
-
BNB Smart Chain
$579.4
BSC
+1.23%
-
Ripple
$1.39
XRP
+27.36%
-
Dogecoin
$0.387637
DOGE
+3.56%
-
Cardano
$0.883266
ADA
+13.81%
-
Bitcoin Cash
$491.33
BCH
+12.56%
-
Polkadot
$6.21
DOT
+10.87%
-
Stellar XLM
$0.288297
XLM
+20.86%
-
Litecoin
$90.76
LTC
+9.58%