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So what is “the metaverse,” exactly?

Will we all live in the metaverse soon? Or is the idea just Second Life redux? Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) These days it seems like everybody and their corporate parent company is talking about "the metavers.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaNov 7th, 2021

Zuckerberg is turning trillion-dollar Facebook into a ‘metaverse’ company, he tells investors

Following the quarterly release of Facebook’s earnings numbers where the company’s CFO takes time to walk analysts through the nitty gritty of the company’s financials, CEO Mark Zuckerberg took a moment to zoom out and wax on the co.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsJul 29th, 2021

Facebook’s metaverse gambit is a distraction from its deep-seated problems

Facebook's problems aren’t sexy to solve, so it has found a distraction. Enlarge / Mark Zuckerberg demonstrates an Oculus Rift headset at a 2016 event. (credit: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images) Facebook mastered social media by.....»»

Category: topSource:  arstechnicaRelated NewsJul 28th, 2021

Facebook Creates New Unit To Build a "Metaverse"

Facebook has announced it is forming a new Metaverse product group to advance its efforts to build a 3D social space using virtual and augmented reality tech. From a report: In an interview with journalist Casey Newton, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg s.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsJul 27th, 2021

Roblox partners with Sony Music to connect artists with money-making activities in the metaverse

Video game platform Roblox announced this morning it has partnered with Sony Music Entertainment on a deal that will allow the two companies to work together to create music experiences for the Roblox community, including opportunities that would giv.....»»

Category: gadgetSource:  techcrunchRelated NewsJul 6th, 2021

Roblox has nothing to do with games, say Roblox developers

"The term ‘experience’ is consistent with how we’ve evolved our terminology to reflect our realization of the metaverse," a Roblox spokesperson, who is coincidentally a science fiction fan but who doesn't let that affect their day job, told The.....»»

Category: topSource:  techspotRelated NewsMay 15th, 2021

Nvidia"s CEO Predicts a Metaverse Will Transform Our World

"Jensen Huang, the CEO of Nvidia, the nation's most valuable semiconductor company, with a stock price of $645 a share and a market cap of $400 billion, is out to create the metaverseTime magazine. Huang defines it as "a virtual world that is a dig.....»»

Category: topSource:  slashdotRelated NewsApr 19th, 2021

Roblox: How the children"s game became a $30bn bet on the Metaverse

The gaming company, which has just floated on Wall Street, has plans to inhabit a wider world......»»

Category: hdrSource:  bbcRelated NewsMar 10th, 2021

What is Epic Games’ metaverse? And what does Fall Guys have to do with it?

Here's what Epic Games' most recent acquisition means for the future of the metaverse......»»

Category: topSource:  digitaltrendsRelated NewsMar 6th, 2021