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Virtual Jurors in the Virtual Courtroom

Microsoft's Mesh service is an effort to unify the various virtual reality applications and devices in one platform. The sky's the limit when it comes to potential applications for work and play.

What about the courtroom? Hearings by video could involve live testimony and demonstrations enhanced by VR technology. Security measures will be needed to prevent fraud and other trickery, but VR will find its way into judicial proceedings. Videorecorded testimony has been accepted for decades, and now remote argument and testimony are becoming commonplace. 

It's only natural that we'll soon be "holoporting" into the courtroom. One application of VR  that's more than just gee-whiz--disabled citizens who can't comfortably participate in jury service, despite federal laws for their protection, will soon find their way in by avatar and be accepted as just one of the pool.

Mesh allows people in different physical spaces to collaborate in virtual environments on different types of devices and apps. Using Azure, Microsoft’s cloud-computing platform, developers add it to their apps. People using those apps could then create their own digital avatars and collaborate with others. Think of it like signing into an app with Google, Facebook or Apple, only now your avatar is your identity. Whichever app you pop into, you’re the same digital hologram.

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