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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...
Soccer Clubs FC Barcelona and Real Madrid File Joint Trademark Application for Metaverse Activities
13.8.2022
Two of the biggest soccer clubs in Spain, Real Madrid and FC Barcelona, have applied to receive trademarks for some elements in the metaverse. The clubs have introduced an application that encompasses different activities and services that they can conduct in the metaverse, including...
What is Bloktopia (BLOK) and how does it work?
27.7.2022
Bloktopia is a Skyscraper made up of 21 levels that provides a VR experience for the community of Bloktopians
Shanghai Aims to Grow a $52 Billion Metaverse Cluster by 2025
15.7.2022
The Government of the city of Shanghai has proposed a group of guidelines to help it shift into a metaverse power. The plan of action defines each one of the technologies that the municipality needs to focus on to achieve the goals of building a $52 billion metaverse economy, while at the same time...
Why Games Give Some People Motion Sickness And What You Can Do About It
6.7.2022
Around 30 seconds into playing Doom Eternal, I’m feeling dizzy, my eyes are getting heavy, and my stomach is in knots. I can’t savor the sight of any pink guts spilling across my screen or the clamoring heavy metal soundtrack because I already want to puke. But I knew this was coming. I, like many...
Kuwait-Based Islamic Bank Enters the Metaverse
3.7.2022
Warba Bank, a Kuwait-based Islamic bank, recently became the latest corporation from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) to enter the metaverse. The bank now occupies two sites in the metaverse, one Decentraland and another one on Sandbox. Pioneering Digital Transformation In what has been...
Can Metaverse technology enhance human-AI efficiency?
25.6.2022
How will AI be used in the metaverse? Can AI and blockchain work together? A dive into the future of AI aligned with blockchain
A ‘very ambitious’ $100M Metaverse R&D hub is being built in Melbourne
23.6.2022
“We're really designing a whole world,” Two Bulls founder James Kane said about the role his business will play in the yet to launch metaverse
Study Finds Working In VR Isn’t Very Pleasant Or Productive
16.6.2022
All the rich Zuckerbergs and like-minded tech bros of the world are convinced that the future is all of us living, loving, and working in a virtual reality “metaverse.” But a new study’s findings suggest that working in virtual reality will not actually increase a worker’s productivity, comfort,...
Resident Evil Village Is Getting A VR Port For PS5
3.6.2022
Who needs a real haunted house when you can put a fake haunted house on your face? If you own a PlayStation 5, stepping into a digital realm will be a lot easier soon. At today’s State of Play showcase, Capcom revealed that its 2021 horror game Resident Evil Village will be available...
Take-Two CEO 'Skeptical' Of Metaverses Filled With Empty Land Supposedly Worth Millions
2.6.2022
The metaverse has quickly become a popular topic of speculation for tech companies and rich CEOs as they scramble to not be left behind while people look for ways to escape our hellish current-day digital landscape. But the metaverse is (probably) a giant bust, and Strauss Zelnick, CEO of GTA...
The 'Mutes' Of Virtual Reality Are Upending The Metaverse Without Saying A Thing
27.5.2022
In this virtual world, you can dance in zaps of electricity, or in the clouds.Read more
Developing countries love the Metaverse, rich nations not keen: WEF survey
26.5.2022
Developing countries have more than double the amount of people positive that the Metaverse will impact their lives and they'd use it daily in comparison to developed countries
From VR To Vibrators, Video Game Sex Tech Now Has Infinite Possibilities
17.5.2022
In 2002, games journalist and researcher Jane Pinckard used the Trance Vibrator—a USB accessory that would vibe in time with the music of the trippy PS2 shooter Rez—to masturbate. In her now-classic blog, Pinckard lauded the game’s dripping colors and transportive sounds, but found the physical...
How the Metaverse could impact the lives of kids
15.5.2022
The effects of social media on the mental health of kids and teens have been bad enough — will the Metaverse be a safe place for them?
VR Devs Really Want You To Feel Spiders On Your Face
10.5.2022
Off the top of your head, what’s the best way to increase immersion while using virtual reality? Flawless, controller-free hand tracking? Direct brain integration? Maybe some kind of smell-o-vision? Nope, sorry, the answer we’re looking for is “literally being able to feel spiders crawling on your...
Largest NFT mint ever: Making sense of Yuga Lab’s ‘virtual’ land bonanza
9.5.2022
Bored Ape creator Yuga’s Otherdeed launch was the largest NFT mint ever, but are metaverse communities turning into gated communities?
Facebook’s Latest Financial Results Show It Has Lost Nearly $20 Billion To VR Since 2020
28.4.2022
A metaverse filled with digital worlds and avatars might be coming someday, but it won’t be cheap. Facebook parent company Meta has released its financial results for the first quarter of 2022 and it shows that this year alone, the company’s virtual reality-focused department has lost $2.96 billion...
ApeCoin (APE) hits a new all-time high ahead of this week’s Otherside land auction
28.4.2022
APE price continues to hit new all-time highs as BAYC, MAYC and NFT investors prepare for the highly anticipated Otherside land auction
Meta will open physical metaverse-themed store in San Francisco Bay Area
25.4.2022
The store, which will be located on the company campus in Burlingame, California, will feature a wall-to-wall curved LED screen that displays what users see using Meta VR headsets