In recent years, you’ve likely heard about the so-called “metaverse,” along with a host of inaccurate descriptors like “it’ll be the next Internet” or “it will revolutionize eCommerce.” In truth, the ...

The metaverse as we know it right now likely won’t be the same thing people experience in five years. The term was first coined in 1992 by author Neal Stephenson as a digital world that exists ...

Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has ...

What do Microsoft, Epic Games, Adobe, Nvidia, and Ikea all have in common? According to nonprofit standards organization the Khronos Group, it's the metaverse. Despite there being no clear definition ...

The metaverse isn’t virtual reality, experts say, it’s more about having an identity that moves between virtual and physical worlds. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...

Discover top metaverse investment trends for 2025. Learn about virtual real estate, AI-driven avatars, and enterprise ...

A couple months ago, friends and business contacts started asking me for a crash course on my professional research studying virtual environments. Their interest reflects an explosion—which you’ve ...

Meta is quietly rewriting the future of its most hyped project, shifting billions of dollars away from the virtual worlds ...

Tim Bieber is a VR executive and thought leader. As CEO of XR Immersive Tech he aims to make the Metaverse real through hyper-immersive VR. A question at the core of the Web3 discussion over the last ...

Scenario: You’re primping for a first date with someone you met online. Yet, instead of spending all day mentally prepping an outfit (or hours perfecting your smokey eye), the only thing you’re ...

The metaverse is a term for the new virtual world that’s emerging as technology advances. It’s a concept that dates back to 1992, when a dystopian book by Neal Stephenson called “Snow Crash” was ...