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.....»»
Virtual Is Real or Real Is Virtual? The Metaverse Game Begins
Without humanizing the experience, the metaverse will remain a mesh of cold technologies, creating a playground for a small tribe of nerds. Continue reading........»»
Is IT ready for the metaverse? If not, it should be
Info-Tech Research Group has released a research to help IT departments identify risks in deploying metaverse solutions and how to mitigate them. This new research explores where Meta and Microsoft are going and what their metaverse looks like today,.....»»
Microsoft has some serious reservations about working in the metaverse
As the metaverse expands, fraudsters are bound to come in heaps, Microsoft anticipates......»»
Microsoft has a warning about working in the metaverse
In a blog post, Microsoft talks about the risk of working in the metaverse and the steps that can be taken to secure it.....»»
FET recruits startups to its metaverse accelerator
Taiwan-based Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET) has selected 20 startup teams for its 5G metaverse accelerator, aiming to dig up more virtual application opportunities......»»
Microsoft Security Chief Issues Call To Arms To Protect Metaverse
Microsoft's new security chief Charlie Bell issued a call to arms to build protection from hackers and criminals in the emerging metaverse from the start of the new technology. From a report: "There's going to be a lot of innovation and there will be.....»»
For game developers, GDC 2022 was a battle for reality
Some came to GDC 2022 to hype the Metaverse. Others were there to fix the harsh realities of game development......»»
Surfing the Metaverse’s Real Estate Boom
The real estate boom isn’t limited to reality. A prime plot in Decentraland, a metaverse platform, sold for the equivalent of 2.4 million dollars in November of 2021, and less desirable land often sells for six figures. This creates a problem.....»»
NVIDIA Instant NeRF Uses AI To Convert Flat Photos To 3D
In the rush to build metaverse assets, turning 2D images into 3D forms is increasingly paramount. NVIDIA has a new technology to help with the process. In the rush t.....»»
This haptic glove lets you feel the virtual reality metaverse
Virtual reality might look more real than ever before, but can haptic gloves make it feel real too?.....»»
Autodesk acquires XR firm The Wild
Autodesk has acquired extended reality (XR) firm The Wild as it aims to provide enterprise services for companies working on the metaverse. Autodesk has acquired extended reality (XR) firm The Wild as it aims to provide enterprise services for co.....»»
5 common metaverse misconceptions
What is the metaverse? Learn about the most common misconceptions surrounding the metaverse and whether there’s an element of truth in some. What is the metaverse? Learn about the most common misconceptions surrounding the metaverse and whether.....»»
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......»»