The Best Articles in Metaverse

Hyper-Reality presents a provocative and kaleidoscopic new vision of the future, where physical and virtual realities have merged, and the city is saturated…

The dream of an embodied future internet is back.

«The metaverse is bigger than any one service, except when it’s convenient to call that service the metaverse»

The death of beloved MMOs can teach us how to let go

«Dr. Boellstorff recommends a community space hosted on some third-party, like Discord, to stay connected to your friends. The virtual world may no longer exist, but the relationships you built there can live on.»

During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch.

Don’t let ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ and its Oscar front-runner status fool you: The supposedly limitless storytelling device has been pushed to its narrative limits. Just look to…

All reports point to Apple launching its mixed reality headset — an augmented reality and virtual reality capable device —...

Ultima Online, which just turned 25, offers a lesson in the challenges of building virtual worlds.

Chinese cloud vendor introduces "metaverse-in-a-box" offering as part of efforts to tap the region's growing demand for media services, but remains mum on any plans that may involve AI chatbots, such…

The metaverse is inevitable because it is hardwired into our DNA. Humans evolved to understand the world through first-person experiences.

Tools like ChatGPT are already proving indispensable in building virtual worlds—and next generation AIs are coming

HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft.

For many, virtual reality might provide sorely needed mental health relief. That is, if it can shake its reputation as a tech gimmick.

The metaverse has emerged as a new frontier for brands to explore new technological boundaries and connect with customers in novel ways.

Forward-looking companies may want to experiment with the new technologies at work.

«The metaverse is about the convergence of several developments, all of which involve step changes in technological capability.»

An interview with the CEO about his most sci-fi speculation.

«“i don’t think that this is primarily about being engaged with the internet more. i think it’s about being engaged more naturally.”»

Making virtual worlds as interconnected as the internet will be tough

«Online video games like Fortnite and Roblox are pitching themselves as precursors to the metaverse because of their large 3D environments where millions gather every day.»

There’s a reason every Big Tech CEO has a well-worn copy of “Snow Crash” in their office.

«Technology frequently produces surprises that nobody predicts. However, the biggest developments are often anticipated decades in advance»

Defining the Metaverse, and explaining why Microsoft is well-placed for the virtual reality opportunity

«A future VR headset, though, could contain as many monitors as you could possibly want — or your entire field of view could be one massive monitor. Moreover, the fact that a headset shifts your senses out of your physical environment is actually an advantage if said physical environment has nothing to do with your work.»