- Top metaverse news: Headset market heats up as Apple arrives | World . . .
This regular roundup brings you a selection of the latest news and updates on the development of the metaverse Top metaverse stories: Apple enters the headset market; Industrial and enterprise metaverse 'exceeding expectations'; and Microsoft's Activision Blizzard takeover blocked
- What is the metaverse and why should we care? - World Economic Forum
The metaverse is not yet a reality, but it could be the next evolution of the internet Know what is metaverse and why should we care
- Defining, building and governing the emerging metaverse
The metaverse is an immersive, interoperable and synchronous digital world forecast to become an $800 billion market by 2024 The metaverse presents a momentous opportunity, but also brings about new challenges The World Economic Forum is bringing together government, academia, business and civil society to guide the development of a safe and inclusive, equitable, interoperable and
- Disney drops metaverse division, and other metaverse news | World . . .
Top metaverse stories, April 2023: Disney shuts down its metaverse unit, EU seeks feedback on metaverse rules, Meta plans to use AI in the metaverse
- Metaverse: How 20 years of Second Life could help shape it
Second Life creator Philip Rosedale reflects on twenty years of virtual worlds, and the lessons this experience could provide to help create the metaverse
- The future of the metaverse will be shaped by these 3 technologies
The word 'metaverse' has entered common usage, but there remain different ways of conceptualizing and defining it The metaverse will be shaped by the technology we use to access it, which could include virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and brain-computer interfaces (BCI) Major technology companies including Apple, Google, Meta Platforms (Facebook), Microsoft, Niantic, and Valve
- Experts Explain: How will the metaverse change our lives?
The metaverse has gained increasing attention, but its real potential isn't obvious In this episode of Experts Explain, Stanford University’s Jeremy Bailenson helps us understand the fast-evolving technology He says the metaverse is still a work in progress whose development will be "driven by use cases that make sense"
- Interoperability in the Metaverse | World Economic Forum
In May 2022, the World Economic Forum launched the Defining and Building the Metaverse Initiative The initiative is divided into two workstreams: governance and economic and social value creation The governance track has produced its first report in the series titled Interoperability in the Metaverse, with key messages on the opportunities and challenges of metaverse interoperability
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