Metaverse
Meta shifts focus to mixed reality as plan for Metaverse future falters
Meta is shifting its focus from a pure virtual reality to a mixed reality play after unveiling its new Meta…
Metaverse ‘worth $615bn by 2030’ as Apple headset rumours swirl
Despite public interest in the metaverse waning, a new report by Bloomberg Intelligence (BI) suggests the sector could be worth…
Metaverse? More like meh-taverse. Brits don’t care about virtual worlds.
British people largely don’t care about the metaverse, with just 37% of those responding to a global survey saying they…
The metaverse was supposed to be good for businesses. They remain apprehensive.
Pity the chief executive with a budget to file. In a market awash with all sorts of new software and…
Interpol launch ‘policing metaverse’ for training and collaboration
International policing agency Interpol has launched its own secure metaverse that it hopes will help police forces around the world…
How will digital identity work in the Metaverse?
The Metaverse, said Mark Zuckerberg, will feel like nowhere else you’ve ever been – but also somewhere completely familiar. ‘The defining…
3D world builder Unity offered $17.5bn takeover deal
Unity, a game engine developer whose platform is increasingly used in virtual reality and the metaverse, has been offered a…
Meta still has questions to answer about its responsible innovation and AI plans
Facebook parent company Meta released its first human rights report today, detailing the due diligence and actions it has undertaken…
Sound of the metaverse: Meta creates AI models to improve virtual audio
Zoom calls, meetings in the metaverse and virtual events could all be improved in the future thanks to a series…
Tencent joins metaverse race with ‘extended reality’ division
Chinese internet giant Tencent has created an 'extended reality' division that will develop hardware and services for the metaverse, according…