MetaNews picks through another week of Metaverse hype with equal amounts of hope and skepticism as we chart a path through difficult waters to our brave new virtual world. Here are the stories that made landfall this week on the
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella talked up the metaverse as “game changing” at the just ended Word Economic Forum (WEF). He spoke as the U.S. tech giant shut down its virtual reality (VR) metaverse AltspaceVR, in a company-wide purge that will
Microsoft Corporation is making big moves in artificial intelligence (AI), part of a deliberate plan by the U.S. tech giant to continue to take a lead in emerging consumer tech while positioning itself as the next dominant force in the
Video gamers have sued Microsoft Corp in a bid to stop its acquisition of Activision Blizzard, alleging the $69 billion deal will thwart competition in the gaming industry. The case was filed in a California court on Tuesday on behalf
When Microsoft boldly announced its $69bn takeover bid, the biggest deal in the history of the business, for games publisher Activision Blizzard last week, the world of gaming was shaken to the core. Also read: Restaurants Engaging Customers in the
One of the biggest financial institutions in the Middle East and North Africa region, Emirates NBD, revealed that an accelerator program had been launched for entrepreneurs looking to promote user experiences in the Metaverse. The ten-week program’s showcase at GITEX
CaixaBank and Microsoft inked a strategic joint innovation partnership to advance AI in new financial solutions and build creative work environments in the metaverse. CaixaBank Tech, a tech business created in 2021 to improve the CaixaBank Group’s technological progress, will
Microsoft made the announcement that Kawasaki had become its new customer on Tuesday, May 24, 2022. As both giants had recently expanded their businesses to include the metaverse industry, their upcoming collaboration has all the makings to be fruitful. Augmented
NFT Worlds is a project that uses a Polygon-based overlay on third-party Minecraft servers. Polygon is an Ethereum sidechain that allows users to pay lesser gas prices, or transaction fees. Players will be able to access Web3 services such as
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, revealed his vision for the metaverse at the company’s Q2 2022 earnings call. Overall, the company’s Q2 2022 filing showed a significant increase in cloud-based services. Microsoft reported $51.7 billion in revenue, a 20% increase
Microsoft Corp. plans to acquire Activision Blizzard Inc. in its largest deal yet as it looks to boost its gaming business and capture opportunities in the metaverse. The technology behemoth said on Tuesday that it would buy the videogame publisher
Microsoft says it is adding 3D avatars and virtual environments to its Teams chat system as part of its push into the “metaverse.” It claims that its “Mesh” platform will enable people to meet in virtual space. Either with or
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