The question of what happens to us after we die is about to become a lot more complicated thanks to the metaverse and related technological breakthroughs. While the afterlife has previously been the domain of the spiritual, it is increasingly
Meta’s recent decision to slash the cost of its flagship VR headsets, Quest 2 and Quest Pro, has many wondering whether its ambitious metaverse vision is doomed to failure. Particularly in light of how much money the company has already
When virtual reality (VR) users got sick after immersing themselves in virtual worlds, mixed reality was advanced as a potential solution to the cybersickness afflicting metaverse enthusiasts throughout the world. Motion sickness is induced by wearable technology, triggered by a
NFT marketplace Blur has become the highest-generating trading volume platform in the digital collectibles space over the past three months. The platform surpassed OpenSea, the largest NFT marketplace by all-time trading volume, in December 2022. During the last month of
Fashion houses such as Gucci and Burberry are leveraging the metaverse to test out new products and build stronger relationships with their audience. The practice is changing the way clothing brands interact with their customers, as the metaverse becomes a
A new survey conducted by Yahoo has sought to understand consumer expectations of the fast-growing metaverse scene. The study gleaned insights from the responses of 15,000 users in the APAC region, covering Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and
Otherdeed non-fungible tokens (NFTs) from the Otherdeed Metaverse saw their monthly sales surpass $50 million for the first time since May 2022 and eventually settled at approximately $53 million. By testing such a metric, Otherdeed NFTs reached its second-highest monthly sale since
Meta Platforms Inc. (META), owners of Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Horizon Worlds, Mapillary, and Workplace has reduced the cost of its Quest Virtual Reality (VR) headset to attract more customers in the growing VR sector. Meta has consistently been named among the
Two U.S. Democratic Senators have called on Facebook (now Meta) founder Mark Zuckerberg to stop plans to open his metaverse platforms to teenagers, citing concerns about the company’s past handling of youth data and privacy. The call comes as Apple
The European Union antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager warned Thursday that her team is on guard to curb potential competition abuses in the metaverse and in AI. “It’s already time for us to start asking what healthy competition would look like
FET, the novel token of Fetch.ai, an AI lab with a mission to democratizes access to AI technology, has exploded by over 500% on the back of trending products and usage across the globe. As a low-cap digital asset, FET
Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson argues that the current deluge of AI-generated content is ‘hollow and uninteresting.’ In a recent interview the author, who is credited with coining the word ‘metaverse’ in his seminal 1992 novel Snow Crash, explained why AI
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