The 30% cut in Meta’s budget for this technology can be seen either as a death sentence for the project or as a natural phase within a long-term strategy ...

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But ...

It is still hard to understand what the metaverse really is, nobody knows for sure at this point. However, the interest in the metaverse is affecting every industry — even food brands are attempting ...

VR visualizations of science concepts children engage with. The Metaverse is so much more than video games and entertainment. Other sectors are applying its capabilities in ground-breaking, highly ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. There’s a video doing the rounds on Twitter today that supposedly shows “how Walmart envisions Shopping in the ...

That’s because the metaverse is, or will be, a series of interconnected digital worlds - and of course many of the best-known digital worlds are in gaming. So we tend to refer to Roblox, Fortnite and ...

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The metaverse is being talked about everywhere you look lately, and yet many consumers aren’t quite sure what it is. The truth is, not even its creators know what it will become eventually—many moving ...

Some people enjoy the idea of being able to smash into parked cars on an insanely fast motorcycle because you’re running from the cops after robbing a bank. Normally when a motorcycle smashes into a ...

Five days after Facebook changed its name to Meta, an Australian artist found herself blocked, with seemingly no recourse, from an account documenting nearly a decade of her life and work. By Maddison ...