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Meta seeks to use generative AI in its metaverse, job listing shows
3.7.2024
Meta is offering a $347,000 yearly salary for an expert to drive its AI metaverse vision, while a regulator has banned Meta from using personal data from Brazilians to train its AI
Meta’s Horizon Worlds launches on mobile and web in early access
15.9.2023
Mark Zuckerberg's Horizon Worlds is extending past virtual reality in a bid to bring more users to its 3D virtual world
Meta’s Metaverse Is Finding Its Legs — In Avatars
2.9.2023
Meta’s Horizon Worlds, the metaverse flagship app of the company formerly known as Facebook, is reportedly getting legs as part of users’ avatars in the coming weeks. The functionality is already present in a public test version of the app, but it is only present in Horizon Home,...
Mark Zuckerberg's Avatar Legs Saga Ends With A Whimper, Not A Bang
31.8.2023
Last year, Facebook (now known as Meta) announced that it was adding legs to its ugly virtual reality avatars. Some people were excited. Now a year later, after Meta promised the legs were coming soon, they are finally (sort of) working inside the company’s depressing digital “metaverse”. Should...
Meta Hopes to Recharge Lagging Horizon Worlds Metaverse With New In-House Game Studio
28.7.2023
The struggling platform reported losses of $3.7 billion in the second quarter, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains "fully committed" to the metaverse and AI
Epic CEO mocks ‘metaverse is dead’ notion — 600M coming to the ‘wake’
10.5.2023
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney made fun of a recent Business Insider article suggesting the Metaverse had run its course
Nifty News: Trump drops more NFTs ahead of presidential run, Meta opens to teens and more
19.4.2023
Trump’s first NFT collection has seen its value plummet by more than 60% following the latest launch which comes ahead of his 2024 presidential bid
Democratic Senators Push Against Meta’s Idea of Bringing the Metaverse to Teens
6.3.2023
Meta, the social network company, is getting some pushback on its plan to market and bring Horizon Worlds, its flagship metaverse app, to teens. Democratic senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal directed a letter to the company to halt these actions, citing concerns about the interactions that...
Colombian Court Holds Hearing in the Metaverse
17.2.2023
Colombian courts held one of the first judicial hearings using metaverse tech. María Victoria Quiñones Triana, the magistrate of the Magdalena court, approved the realization of this hearing, using Horizon Worlds technology provided by Meta and virtual avatars to represent participants in...
NBA Extends Partnership With Meta to Bring Basketball Games to the Metaverse
26.1.2023
The NBA has extended its current partnership with Meta to broadcast its games to the metaverse. The company announced that 52 games of the league will be available to be enjoyed using VR (virtual reality) tech, using Xtadium, a co-viewing platform. Five of these games will be presented in a more...
Apple Could Be Developing Its Own Metaverse Platform
17.11.2022
Tech and communications giant Apple might be developing its own metaverse, recently posting several job offerings in the fields of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR). One of the job listings calls explicitly for engineers experienced in the development of a “3D mixed-reality...
Chinese Government Releases VR Research Plan Including Metaverse and Odor Simulation
4.11.2022
The Chinese government has presented a plan of action regarding the inclusion of virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) in the lives of the Chinese people. The plan contemplates research of several technologies, including the development of an open metaverse platform for its citizens...
Facebook's Metaverse Is Apparently Filled With Mostly Empty 'Sad' Worlds
17.10.2022
Meta’s Facebook is (was?) one of the most popular social media platforms in the world, with billions of users. However, its failing virtual reality metaverse project, Horizon Worlds, isn’t doing nearly as well. In fact, a new report shows that barely anyone is spending much time in Horizon Worlds...
Meta Still Struggling for Its Metaverse to Find Its Legs
16.10.2022
Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is still struggling for its metaverse app Horizon Worlds to find its intended audience. The company, that presented a video of full new avatars, including feet this week, was criticized due to the prepared nature of the presentation. In the same...
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Metaverse App Still Too Buggy to Be Used According to Company Executives
10.10.2022
Meta’s VP of Metaverse, Vishal Shah, acknowledged that Horizon Worlds, the flagship app that Meta uses to show the potential of its metaverse, still has many problems affecting its usability. In a recent memo, Shah explains that even Meta’s employees are not using the app so much,...
Report: Even Facebook Isn't Using Its Own Metaverse, Begs Employees To Spend Time In It
7.10.2022
According to a report by The Verge, Meta’s Horizon Worlds metaverse app is so dreadful, even the people making it don’t want to use it. So if you woke up this morning wondering, “I wonder if anyone’s figured out what the metaverse is for?” you can rest assured, it’s still nope.Read more
Mark Zuckerberg to Overhaul Meta’s Metaverse App Horizon Worlds After Criticism of Its Simple Graphics
22.8.2022
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has decided to overhaul the company’s flagship metaverse app Horizon Worlds after it received heavy criticism due to its graphic simplicity. The backlash was received as a consequence of one of the selfies of Zuckerberg’s avatar in Horizon Worlds presented...
Mark Zuckerberg Responds To Graphics Backlash, Promises Metaverse Won't Be Depressing To Look At
19.8.2022
Earlier this week was supposed to be a celebratory time for the folks at Meta, as its reality-devouring project Horizon Worlds was now available in more countries. The occasion was marked by Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself posting a “selfie” of his in-game avatar in front of a digital Eiffel...
Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Metaverse App in Spain and France
18.8.2022
Meta, the social network company, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move is part of the expansion plan of Meta to offer these services to more countries in Europe this year. While the app was available as an invite-only service...
Meta Launches Metaverse Digital Clothing Store
20.6.2022
Meta announced that it was launching a designer digital clothing store that will allow users to purchase pieces of clothing for their avatars in its metaverse. The company believes that clothing and other accessories will become an important part of the users’ identity expression and that...