EU looks to take lead in metaverse world, avoid Big Tech dominance
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to take the lead in the metaverse – shared virtual worlds…
By Foo Yun Chee BRUSSELS (Reuters) – The European Commission on Tuesday set out a plan in a bid to take the lead in the metaverse – shared virtual worlds…
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…
By Stephen Nellis (Reuters) – Adobe Inc on Tuesday released a set of new software tools designed to make it easier to create three-dimensional digital objects for marketing campaigns, video…
By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) – Short-video platform Triller Inc is the latest company to stake its claim in the metaverse with the launch Monday of a new platform called Metaverz.…
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…
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…
(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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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.…
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…
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…