Mixed Reality
Following the announcement at Build of a development edition for the HoloLens 2 mixed-reality headset, Nadella called the HoloLens "the quintessential AI device."
The combination of Azure plus HoloLens as an edge device can "create completely immersive experiences," he said. "You also have know Azure services such as the spatial anchor service, which allow you to build cross-device mixed-reality experiences. So mixed reality to us is going to be something that's going to happen across Azure and Azure edge, across HoloLens 2 in Azure, but also all the other devices and Azure—to enable for example the next generation of training, the next generation of architecture design."