MetaNews takes another look at what stories have helped to shape the metaverse this week. This time we talk about a fresh round of job cuts at Meta and a stale round of job cuts at Microsoft, and consider whether
The Royal Navy, an organization that helps stabilize the sea which keeps the maritime trade that is the lifeblood of the United Kingdom’s economy flowing announced that it has entered the metaverse with 3D virtual reality (VR) simulators to help train
META, the stock of Meta Platforms Inc., a company that owns products such as Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, Meta Quest, Horizon Worlds, Mapillary, Workplace, and Diem which operates in the social media, social network, advertising, consumer electronics, and virtual reality
Full body tracking in the metaverse may now be possible using only WiFi signals, according to new a study by three Carnegie Mellon University researchers. Jiaqi Geng, Dong Huang and Fernando De la Torre found that “common WiFi antennas [or
As the virtual world expands and more investments are put into technologies like the metaverse, it makes sense to develop better controllers like HaptX that enhance the ‘feel’ while interacting within a virtual world. HaptX gloves are a cutting-edge technology that
Manchester City Football Club, an association football team based in the United Kingdom are in process of launching a virtual fan engagement platform in the metaverse, according to a Proof of Concept (PoC) video shown at CES 2023. CES is the
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said artificial intelligence (AI) is revolutionary, but in sharp contrast Gates was lukewarm on Web3 and the metaverse in his annual Ask Me Anything (AMA) session. Gates logged on Wednesday for the 11th session of his
The metaverse is a shared virtual landscape, an immersive internet in three dimensions. Or, as the new AI YouChat puts it: “The metaverse is a hypothetical evolution of the internet in which all aspects of online life are integrated into a
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
Researchers at the City University of Hong Kong (CityU) have revealed a breakthrough they are calling “an advanced wireless haptic interface system” that allows people to touch each other in the metaverse. Also read: Is the World Ready for Music
Japanese virtual reality (VR) firms are aiming to conquer the metaverse with anime avatars leading the charge. This was apparent at the Combined Exhibition of Advanced Technologies (CEATEC) show in Japan, with a number of exhibits featuring cutesy wide-eyed avatars
While the word metaverse is used loosely to describe a unified virtual world, this is not entirely correct. Currently, there are a great number of platforms that are nothing more than just little islands unto themselves with no connectivity to other
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