At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact by ...

The metaverse was supposed to be transformative. In March 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it “the next chapter of the internet overall.” Three years ago, Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, wrote ...

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

As virtual environments evolve from speculative concepts into engaged digital economies, forward-thinking organizations are presented with a transformative opportunity: building dedicated marketplaces ...

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), a non-governmental, self-regulatory organization, recently published a report outlining the potential regulatory implications for securities and ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

It is easy to make predictions, and even easier to critique those that others made in the past. Case in point: Gartner predicted in 2022 that by 2026 (yes, that's this year), 25% of the population ...

Facebook/Meta’s recent rebranding made headlines around the globe—establishing "the metaverse" in the public's consciousness. Which other companies are currently shaping this new virtual world and ...

A blank square of pixels in a virtual metaverse world like The Sandbox can cost as much as a home in the real world. But ...

As an artist, I’ve always been fascinated by how technology is evolving and how it has changed art, how stage gave way to film and how film gave birth to digital art. But now, in 2024, we’re at the ...

Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.