The term "metaverse" has been around for decades but has recently gained significantly more attention as tech companies like Facebook, Microsoft and Roblox have invested in shared virtual spaces where ...

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An interface between the real and digital worlds will transform how we work, live, and interact. In partnership withSiemens Updated with a new afterword chapter in April 2024. The industrial metaverse ...

Meta is just one company that has embraced the future of virtual reality. Facebook's announcement in October that it was further embracing the metaverse and rebranding itself as Meta set off a ...

Although the metaverse has great potential to significantly expand the digital economy, it continues to raise legal issues pertaining to intellectual property (IP) rights, including trademark, patent, ...

A few years on, Silicon Valley’s brief obsession with the metaverse has assumed the quality of a bad dream, half-remembered. Legless avatars beckoned us into barren digital landscapes to … stand ...

When you think of the metaverse, you may picture a person playing a video game while wearing a bulky headset that covers most of their face. It’s not surprising that digital gaming is one of the early ...

A tech executive is warning of the dangers of the Metaverse after claiming she was “gang raped.” Nina Patel, a psychotherapist and start-up co-founder of Kabuni, an educational web site, said she was ...

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for ...

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As the metaverse continues to grow and evolve, it is essential that we consider and address the ethical questions and challenges it raises. These are crucial issues to think about as the metaverse ...

When I first tried to make friends in the metaverse, it didn’t go well. I put on my Oculus Quest VR headset and fired up the Horizon Venues app, hoping to go to my first virtual concert — Billie ...