Microsoft is a strong player in the future of work theme thanks to its strong cloud offering and extensive collaboration portfolio. With over 270 million monthly active users as of January 2022, the company's vision for intelligent communications centers on Teams. However, its portfolio's individual components, such as SharePoint, Exchange, Skype for Business, and Teams, face significant competition.

Mesh, an Enterprise Communication And Collaboration Market, marked Microsoft's entry into the metaverse in March 2021. Mesh is being integrated into Teams, making it possible for business users to use smartphones, PCs, augmented reality (VR), and other VR headsets to access the platform. It is also targeting the consumer metaverse by utilizing its gaming capabilities. It made a $67.8 billion offer to acquire Activision Blizzard in January 2022, describing the company as a foundation for the metaverse.

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Amazon is a pioneer in the future of work technologies, including delivery drones, co-bots, and computer vision in warehouses. It introduced Proteus in 2022, which was advertised as "the first fully autonomous mobile robot" and was made to work in the same physical space as humans. The e-commerce giant has 350,000 mobile drive unit robots in its distribution and fulfillment centers, and it uses a variety of technologies for warehouse automation.