Microsoft, earlier this week, sent out an internal message to select team members informing them that it was pulling the shutters on its AirSim project. This industrial metaverse project was preparing to use AI-based drone simulation software as part of its industrial metaverse vision. According to Microsoft’s blog published in February 2023, the idea behind the Industrial Metaverse is to change the way people and machines collaborate with each other. The technology, once matured, will be able to help industry players solve problems proactively and efficiently with a twist of Web3.
The software giant had to bring this project together Metaverse And A.Iafter Microsoft decided to shut down the initiative, it informed the team working on the project that they were being laid off, at Report By Business Insider. However, it is not clear how many people have been fired in total.
“We are proud of the impact this incubation is creating for our customers and we will continue to invest in both the sky As the computing platform that powers the industrial metaverse and the broader AI projects within the company,” the report quoted a Microsoft spokesperson as commenting on the development.
In addition to AirSim, Microsoft recently pulled support from the Bonsai project, which aimed to build autonomous systems for industrial use using AI. Both AirSim and Bonsai were together part of Microsoft’s Industrial Metaverse initiative. While AirSim launched in 2017, Bonsai was an independent platform that was acquired by Microsoft in 2018.
Microsoft originally saw these projects as a way to help industrial app developers compete with Microsoft’s Azure cloud services. Amazon Web Servicesthe programmers were supervised by Microsoft’s Chief Technology Officer Kevin Scott, who is also responsible for the partnership with Microsoft. OpenAI,
After Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI began to develop, Scott decided to shift his focus from the industrial metaverse to AI for the time being. This, however, is not the first time that Microsoft has shut down initiatives related to the development of the industrial metaverse.
In February, Microsoft pulled down the curtain Another such program And at that time a team of 100 people lay off. The company said at the time that it was looking to favor short-term projects that could generate more revenue quickly.