To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

Rod Humble's latest game is a return to familiar waters for the veteran developer. While Life By You is the first title for his studio Paradox Tectonic, it feels much more in keeping with some of his ...

As the Metaverse evolves beyond its early hype cycle, its real potential is becoming easier to see. Instead of standing alone, it’s increasingly tied to bigger shifts across tech, including advances ...

The metaverse’s association with other struggling “Web3” technologies, namely blockchain, NFTs, and crypto — considered by some to be essential to the future decentralized metaverse — hasn’t exactly ...

The metaverse is an in-development network of 3D virtual worlds, which people will be able to visit using virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR). The idea is a space that makes interacting ...

It's a new year, which means it's time to take a fresh look at the metaverse. We've seen several developments as more companies look to enter this digital realm. Importantly, consumers are becoming ...

Who better than Taco Bell, a restaurant where the food isn't Mexican but “Mexican inspired,” to adopt an alternate reality that isn't real yet? Reading time 11 minutes “And I heard, as it were the ...

When you think of the metaverse, you may picture a person playing a video game while wearing a bulky headset that covers most of their face. It’s not surprising that digital gaming is one of the early ...

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The metaverse – a virtual space in which users interact with others in a computer-generated environment – has been a hot topic since Facebook changed its name to Meta back in 2021. This signaled its ...