Our Metaverse Times

The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialise, take part in leisure activities – and learn. Its development has become a priority…

SAN FRANCISCO — One of Mark Zuckerberg’s first steps toward building the metaverse may be physical instead of virtual. Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, has discussed…

LISBON: When Facebook unveiled a mock-up last week of the “metaverse” — supposedly the internet of the future — it showed people transported to a psychedelic world of flying fish…

In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the “metaverse”, Microsoft has now announced it, too, will launch into this space. Meta has proposed that the…

Take-Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick on Thursday cast doubt about Meta’s metaverse aspirations, telling CNBC he believes the Facebook-parent company’s vision for a digitally connected universe may be unpopular. In…

Meta, as Facebook is now known, is investing billions in the project. But Roger McNamee told the BBC: “It’s a bad idea and the fact we are all sitting and…

By changing Facebook’s name to Meta, Mark Zuckerberg has made it clear he thinks the future of the internet lies in something called the “metaverse,” a virtual world where people…

Facebook changed its name last week to Meta Platforms Inc to signal its focus on the metaverse, which it thinks will be the successor to the mobile internet. The metaverse…

If you have an internet connection, you’re probably familiar with the feeling. Something new starts happening online. People seem really excited about it. Suddenly you’re curious. (Sure, I’ll join TikTok.)…