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Meta Adds New Parental Controls Options for Quest 2
As virtual reality adoption continues to expand into the mainstream market, loud concerns have been voiced that the same kind of abuses that we have become familiar with on the…
Researcher’s Avatar “Virtually Raped” in Horizon Worlds
Avatar sexual abuse in the metaverse is once again on the front-page news. A few months ago, a woman reported being ‘groped’ while in the social VR environment Horizon Worlds…
New AR Startup LivingCities.xyz Wants to Connect Real Places to Digital Twins
In the XR-verse, Matt Miesnieks is better known for his startup for AR cloud infrastructure which he later sold to Niantic. Now Matt and his “dream team” which includes Foursquare…
New Horizon Workrooms Feature Adds Sticky Notes
The latest Horizon Workrooms update adds new virtual office features, including a brainstorming feature. Horizon Workrooms has had the fourth update that enables you and your virtual coworking teams to…
Survey: Metaverse Marketers Tilting More Towards Virtual Reality than NFTs
A new survey shows that marketers who have the metaverse in their sights tend to tilt more towards virtual reality while still giving NFTs a shot. The study was done…
CannesNFT Summit: Cannes Brings the Metaverse to the Film Industry
The Cannes Film Festival is going all-in in its dalliance with the metaverse. The festival is set to host its first NFT summit bringing together media, the film industry, and…
Seoul is Creating a Metaverse Replica to Improve Service Delivery
Seoul, the capital of South Korea, is already one of the world’s smartest cities. More than 95% of its residents have 4G and 5G access and the city has free…
Meta Brings Event Platform Venues to Horizon Worlds
Meta is transforming the events app Horizon Venues and merging it into Horizon Worlds. From next month, Venues will have its own dedicated space in Horizon Worlds thereby expanding the…
An Italian Serie A Match To Be Broadcast Live on the Metaverse for the First Time
What will life in the metaverse look like a few years from now? Well, if you are an ardent soccer fan, it might mean strapping on a virtual reality headset…
Meta’s Project Cambria Aiming for the Workplace
In a recent quarterly investor brief, Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg stated that the company’s next virtual reality headset should in the future replace the conventional work environment. The company has…