Getting Married In the Metaverse
"One couple's recent nuptials in the virtual world known as the metaverse showcase the possibilities of having a wedding unfettered by the bounds of reality," writes Steven Kurutz via The New York Times. An anonymous reader shares an excerpt from the.....»»
Why USD could be the HTML for the metaverse, digital twins and more
The universal scene description language (USD) and format are rapidly being adopted as a Rosetta stone to translate data among 3D tools, game engines, digital twins and ecommerce offerings. The universal scene description language (USD) and forma.....»»
Startup Says Its Tech Can Inflict Actual Pain in the Metaverse
A Japanese startup called H2L Technologies wants you to be able to feel pain inside the metaverse, via a wristband that dishes out small electric shocks. Futurism reports: "Feeling pain enables us to turn the metaverse world into a real [world], with.....»»
No Bosses: What It’s Like Working at a DAO
A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to the future of the Internet. You can find past issues of the newsletter here. In January, many people on Crypto Twitter proclaimed t.....»»
Conner O"Malley is the internet"s unlikely oracle. And its most deranged comedian.
If you squint your eyes, or maybe you're three beers deep, it's the metaverse. There's some self-important maniac preaching that the body is the past, the future is digital recreation where we all exist through cheesy avatars."I'm talking about a pla.....»»
Simulated human eye movement aims to train metaverse platforms
Computer engineers have developed virtual eyes that simulate how humans look at the world accurately enough for companies to train virtual reality and augmented reality programs. Called EyeSyn for short, the program will help developers create applic.....»»
Heineken launches virtual beer in self-mocking metaverse "joke"
Brewer's "launch" highlights the extent businesses will go to to join the latest bandwagon......»»
Is the Metaverse Even Feasible?
If you ask Meta, or its peers, whether the metaverse is possible, the answer is confident: Yes—it’s just a matter of time. The challenges are vast, but technology will overcome them. This may be true of many problems facing the metaverse: Better.....»»
Cure for Zoom fatigue? Animal avatars, of course
Zoom launches new animal avatars into the virtual meeting metaverse to help curb Zoom fatigue......»»
Samsung doubles down on NFTs with digital metaverse adventure
Samsung wants to reward metaverse adventurers with a custom NFT......»»
I Spent 80 Minutes Inside Vitalik Buterin’s Brain. Here’s What I Learned
Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, talked to TIME about reducing fees, World of Warcraft and gender equality A version of this article was published in TIME’s newsletter Into the Metaverse. Subscribe for a weekly guide to th.....»»
The NBA aired an entire game using volumetric video tech that renders players in 3D in real-time
Last night, the NBA became the first organization to broadcast an entire game in a format it calls "NBA CourtView" or "Netaverse." The latter nickname plays off the term metaverse because it delivers content in a virtual 3D environment, but its techn.....»»
Stephen Colbert has some thoughts about metaverse weddings
With all this talk of the metaverse, the world is starting to look more and more like Ready Player One each day.The latest thing to go virtual? Weddings, apparently. And Late Show host Stephen Colbert has some thoughts."That's so romantic," says Colb.....»»
Mike Myers" new Netflix series looks like a cross between "Don"t Look Up" and "The Da Vinci Code"
If you had "Mike Myers made a spin-off to his 1993 comedy So I Married An Axe Murderer" on your 2022 bingo card, well, you have an oddly specific 2022 bingo card. But also, bingo!Netflix just dropped a trailer for The Pentaverate, which, as Mashable'.....»»
Even Heineken thinks its new metaverse "beer" is a dumb publicity stunt
Heineken wants to have its metaverse beer and drink it, too.The brewer is the latest company, and second beer manufacturer, to jump on the metaverse bandwagon with its Thursday release of Heineken Silver — a "virtual beer" that the company insi.....»»
HSBC Buys Virtual Plot of Land in Digital Push
HSBC is buying a plot of virtual real estate in an online gaming space called The Sandbox for an undisclosed sum, the bank's first major foray into the metaverse as it shrinks its UK branch network. From a report:The digital push will enable HSBC to.....»»
Mark Zuckerberg says NFTs will land on Instagram in the "coming months"
The news isn't too much of a surprise. NFTs have always been a part of Facebook's/Meta's metaverse plan, and January brought reports that teams at Instagram (and Facebook) were preparing a feature that will allow users to display NFTs as profile pict.....»»
Meetings in the metaverse? 52% of employees are open to it
The metaverse may be coming to a workplace near you, and a majority of workers are OK with that. Here's who is open to the metaverse and who is not......»»
Beloved former Nintendo prez craps all over Facebook and the metaverse
Reggie Fils-Aimé, the former president and CEO of Nintendo of America, is clearly no fan of Facebook and its recent push into VR with the metaverse.At this year's South by Southwest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas, Fils-Aimé took the opportunit.....»»
How name change can impact a female researcher"s career
For women who choose to get married, one decision that they may face is whether to change their last name or not. For a researcher who is published in academic journals, a marital name change may make it difficult for others to find their work......»»
Reggie Fils-Aimé thinks Facebook"s vision for the metaverse will not succeed
Former Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé is not a big fan of the metaverse—at least not in the way that the company formerly known as Facebook envisions it. During a session with Bloomberg's Emily Chang on Saturday, Fils-Aimé was ask.....»»