Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has ...

PHOENIX - Looking at search trends, people have been looking up the term ‘metaverse’ lately, since Facebook's announcement in October 2021 that it will rebrand to 'Meta' as a reflection of its ...

What do Microsoft, Epic Games, Adobe, Nvidia, and Ikea all have in common? According to nonprofit standards organization the Khronos Group, it's the metaverse. Despite there being no clear definition ...

The metaverse as we know it right now likely won’t be the same thing people experience in five years. The term was first coined in 1992 by author Neal Stephenson as a digital world that exists ...

In recent years, you’ve likely heard about the so-called “metaverse,” along with a host of inaccurate descriptors like “it’ll be the next Internet” or “it will revolutionize eCommerce.” In truth, the ...

Meta plans deep cuts to its metaverse and Reality Labs division in 2026 — how did it go from the next big thing to nothing?

It’s not hard to see why Wall Street is so thrilled. After four years and billions of dollars wasted, the metaverse — a ...

The metaverse isn’t virtual reality, experts say, it’s more about having an identity that moves between virtual and physical worlds. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

A couple months ago, friends and business contacts started asking me for a crash course on my professional research studying virtual environments. Their interest reflects an explosion—which you’ve ...

Tim Bieber is a VR executive and thought leader. As CEO of XR Immersive Tech he aims to make the Metaverse real through hyper-immersive VR. A question at the core of the Web3 discussion over the last ...

Scenario: You’re primping for a first date with someone you met online. Yet, instead of spending all day mentally prepping an outfit (or hours perfecting your smokey eye), the only thing you’re ...

The metaverse is a term for the new virtual world that’s emerging as technology advances. It’s a concept that dates back to 1992, when a dystopian book by Neal Stephenson called “Snow Crash” was ...