Luminaries discuss how to Navigate the Metaverse
The book was written by metaverse luminaries Cathy Hackl, chief metaverse officer of the Futures Intelligence Group; Dirk Lueth, co-CEO of Upland; and Tommaso DiBartolo, scholar at the University of…
Gen Z Set To Lead Retailers Into The Metaverse
I have wanted to take the opportunity for this week’s piece to pivot away from inflation for a moment and discuss a topic that is coming up often enough it…
Metaverse-as-a-service will be the basis of the next internet era of Web3
The concept of the Metaverse has been around since the 1980s, but it has only been in recent years that we’ve seen hundreds of projects popping up on the scene.…
How The Metaverse Can Make Science Learning More Accessible
Our educational system has had only minor changes in the last century. Today, we’re at the tipping point of a formidable transformation in how students learn. By joining education and…
Baidu Wants Its XiRang Platform To Be The Enabler Of The Metaverse
A thousand people have a thousand different ideas about the metaverse. But most technologists agree that the metaverse is the next chapter of the internet. Such consensus stops short, however,…
Meeting the grandfather of VR in the metaverse
“With my Oculus headset still warm, I sat and googled him,” says Ericsson’s Zeljka Sotra. “I couldn’t believe it. I just had a virtual experience with Tom Furness, the grandfather…
UAE: Emirates passengers can soon select seats, buy duty-free products in metaverse
Whether selecting a seat, shopping for duty-free products, touring the airport or even exploring hotel rooms, Emirates airline passengers can soon try and experience airline services in the metaverse. Adel…
Advertising in the Metaverse
The Metaverse is the newest way in which brands are thinking about engaging with existing and new customers. Wendy’s, for example, launched “Wendyverse” in Meta’s Horizon Worlds where users can…
METAVERSE IS NOT FOR COMMONERS! LEARNING CURVE IS TOO MUCH TO BEND
One of the conceits behind the metaverse is that everyone will be able to have their own identity within the digital world. But how will people find themselves or craft…
Five states order a metaverse casino with alleged ties to Russia to halt sale of NFTs
Regulators in five states simultaneously filed emergency orders Wednesday against a virtual casino they say has ties to Russia and that has been operating in the metaverse, a digital world…