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Open Metaverse: Metaverse Standards Forum Founded by Leading Tech Players
Leading tech players have come together to found an open metaverse standards group called the Metaverse Standards Forum. Involved in the initiative are Meta, Microsoft, Epic Games, along with 33…
Tencent Has Formed an “Extended Reality” Division With an Eye on the Metaverse
Chinese multinational Tencent, known for brands like WeChat and , has reportedly divulged to its staff that it is creating an extended reality division that will focus on developing the…
Top 10 New Jobs Being Created in the Metaverse in 2022
The metaverse economy is already taking shape with thousands of players including startups, entrepreneurs, millions of users, and a virtual economy that is already worth billions of dollars. Metaverse companies…
McKinsey Predicts Metaverse Will Be Valued at $5 Trillion by 2030
The global consulting firm McKinsey has released a new report predicting that the metaverse market will be valued at $5 trillion by 2030. The McKinsey report found that global metaverse…
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…