FILE - This July 3, 2014 file photo shows Microsoft Corp. signage outside the Microsoft Visitor Center in Redmond, Wash. Microsoft pledged $500 million to address homelessness and develop affordable housing in response to the Seattle region's widening affordability gap. The company, which plans a news conference Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, will split the funds three ways. (AP Photo Ted S. Warren, File)
LOS ANGELES: Microsoft may give us an update on its Mixed Reality ambitions at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next month: The company sent out invites for a press conference Jan 16 that list Alex Kipman, who leads its augmented and virtual reality efforts, among the speakers.
Kipman will speak together with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and corporate vice-president Julia White, who leads the company’s cloud efforts. The invite doesn’t feature any hints about the topics the executives plan to address, and a Microsoft spokesperson declined to share any additional details.
