Metaverse
Virtual Personalities, Real Connections: The Impact of Virtual YouTubers
How are these screen-based entities redefining entertainment? We reached out to the metaverse diva Edo Lena to find out.
Our Favorite Affordable VR Headsets (for Escaping Reality)
Whether it's the Zuckerberg co-signed Meta Quest 2 or a model made out of cardboard (literally), it's never been easier to step into the world of VR.
Apple’s Vision Pro Is a $3,500 Ticket to Nowhere
A decade after Facebook bought Oculus, VR still has no appeal except as an expensive novelty toy.
Google Tells AI Agents to Behave Like 'Believable Humans' to Create 'Artificial Society'
The characters have developed specific routines, such as waking up, taking a shower, cooking breakfast, interacting with their families, then going to work every day.
Ukrainian Refugees Are Working Through Trauma in a Metaverse Version of Kyiv
VR therapy takes the next step with group therapy classes set in a virtual Kyiv.
Founder: You'll Soon Be Able to Talk to Your Dead Mom In the Metaverse Thanks to ChatGPT
The founder of a top metaverse company says ChatGPT has pushed the timeline for one of his most ambitious and eccentric projects up by a matter of years.
Microsoft Shuts Down Legendary VR Metaverse
AltspaceVR launched in 2013, and now it's winding down as the team moves over to work on Microsoft remote work software.
Facebook Asks Lawmakers Not to Regulate Crypto Too Harshly Just Because of All the Fraud
The company claims lawmakers should let the NFT-powered metaverse flourish because it will somehow add $3 trillion to global GDP by 2031.
Convicted Fyre Festival Fraudster Is Planning Another Bahamas Venture, But the Bahamas Don't Want Him
Billy McFarland is out of jail and ready for his next move: another event in the Bahamas to help pay back everyone he defrauded there five years ago.
Meet the Independent Artists Building the Metaverse
Creators are crafting accessories, avatars, and entire worlds in social virtual worlds, and often making a living doing it.
Mark Zuckerberg Picks Wild Billionaire Metaverse Fantasy Over 11,000 Jobs
Meta's CEO blamed the company's mass layoffs on "macroeconomic" forces and "increased competition," not his massive, faith-based bet on the metaverse.
The Corporate Metaverse Can’t Compete
The metaverse can’t succeed if no one wants to be there, which Meta and other big metaverses seemingly don't yet understand.