Proof of Play, a blockchain gaming startup led by FarmVille co-creator Amitt Mahajan, successfully raised $33 million in a seed funding round. Greenoaks and a16z Crypto led the seed round, with Anchorage Digital, Mercury, Firebase, Zynga, Alchemy, Balaji Srinivasan, and
The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) in China will form a task force to set the standards for the metaverse sector. China has joined the race to be the global standards-setter for new immersive technology with Australia, which
World over, the retail sector has seen a significant shift with shoppers adopting online shopping as opposed to traditional brick-and-mortar experiences, and another trend—metaverse shopping—is emerging. Metaverse shopping, as a new trend in the retail sector, is gaining traction, and
The metaverse sector continues to perform well and needs talented people to fuel its growth with roles paying upwards of $200,000 annually. MetaNews takes a look at some of the most exciting positions in the sector at its best and
Tech giants – Apple, Pixar, Nvidia and others have come together to create the Alliance for OpenUSD to develop AR & VR standards. The newly formed alliance will push and standardize Pixar’s Universal Scene Description (USD) technology, a file format
Metaverse was a hot topic last year, and Fortnite creator, Epic Games together with Lego want to ignite interest again in the concept, which they say has been overtaken by generative AI in 2023. The launch of OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT
Major brands including American Eagle and Gucci are considering how a Chief Metaverse Officer can strengthen their company as the sector matures beyond FOMO and into creating real value. Some companies are re-examining how they define the role while others
The media savaging of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg seems to never end. But in the haste to fire shots at Zuckerberg, the metaverse has taken more than a few stray bullets. Here are some of the most recent examples. Death
Popular cryptocurrency Shiba Inu is making the case for real utility with its latest product rollout SHIB the metaverse. MetaNews takes a look at what is known so far about the upcoming project. SHIB the metaverse SHIB the metaverse is a
Tim Sweeney, the CEO of video game and software developer Epic Games, is a big believer in the metaverse – but thinks Apple will try to either crush it or “extract all the profit from it.” Sweeney made the comments during
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