Metaverse has set off no alarms or need for controls yet – EU’s Vestager
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) -The metaverse, shared virtual worlds accessible through the internet, has not triggered any concerns so far or the need for legislation to rein it in, EU…
Metaverse could accelerate manufacturing as well as social ills
By Jeffrey Dastin and Dawn Chmielewski AUSTIN (Reuters) – For companies playing with virtual reality as disparate as plane-maker Boeing Co and online-gaming platform Roblox Corp, forays into the so-called “metaverse” have…
Gaming platforms FlickPlay, The Sandbox take steps toward metaverse
By Sheila Dang (Reuters) – Gaming companies FlickPlay and The Sandbox announced a new partnership on Monday that will allow players to use a blockchain asset on both platforms, representing a key…
Meta to take nearly half of sales made by its metaverse creators as fees
(Reuters) – Facebook parent Meta Platforms will charge creators around 47.5% on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside the company’s virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds. The overall charge comprises of…
Mars, The Metaverse, Or Meatspace? Humanity’s Three Choices
James Pinkerton on February 21, 2022 The 17th century philosopher Blaise Pascal asserted that mankind is suspended between two infinites: The infinitely large, and the infinitely small. Four centuries later, we see that Pascal’s philosophical vision…
Exclusive-Disney names executive to oversee metaverse strategy -memo
By Dawn Chmielewski -The Walt Disney Co has appointed an executive to oversee its metaverse strategy, according to an email Disney Chief Executive Bob Chapek sent to staff Tuesday and seen by…
YouTube floats ideas of verifying NFTs, watching games in metaverse
By Paresh Dave – YouTube on Thursday elaborated on its blockchain and metaverse plans for 2022, saying it could harness the emerging technologies to cut fraud in the fast-growing digital art market…
Facebook owner Meta adds tool to guard against harassment in metaverse
By Elizabeth Culliford – Facebook’s parent Meta Platforms said on Friday it is launching a tool for people using its virtual reality social platforms to maintain personal space boundaries, as concerns have…
Facebook owner Meta to lift veil off its metaverse business
By Elizabeth Culliford – Since October, Facebook has renamed the company, articulated a vision of the internet where people can digitally connect through virtual-reality avatars or teleport to see places like ancient…
Apple teases metaverse AR plans, stock jumps
By Danielle Kaye NEW YORK – Apple Inc teased its metaverse ambitions on Thursday as CEO Tim Cook talked expansion of the company’s augmented reality apps, prompting strong investor response. The company…
SAP to buy U.S. fintech Taulia; eyes metaverse opportunities
By Supantha Mukherjee and Nadine Schimroszik STOCKHOLM/BERLIN -SAP said on Thursday it has agreed to buy a majority stake in privately held U.S. fintech firm Taulia as the German business software group…
What The Heck Is The ‘Metaverse’ And Why Does Mark Zuckerberg Think It’s The Future Of The Internet?
Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg announced this week he was hiring 10,000 workers to develop metaverse technology, the latest development in the tech executive’s plan to transition Facebook from a social media…
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