The metaverse is a 3D social network. Instead of a profile, you have an avatar, and so do your friends. Instead of a news feed, you have social hubs where people gather to share news, gossip and play ...

Meta is just one company that has embraced the future of virtual reality. Facebook's announcement in October that it was further embracing the metaverse and rebranding itself as Meta set off a ...

Derived from a 1992 sci-fi novel “Snowcrash”, the term “Metaverse” was coined by Neal Stephenson as a successor to the Internet, constitutes Stephenson’s vision of how a digital world might evolve in ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – For many technology enthusiasts, the metaverse has the potential to transform almost every facet of human life, from work to education to entertainment. Now, new Cornell University ...

When Cathy Hackl’s son wanted to throw a party for his 9th birthday, he didn’t ask for favors for his friends or themed decorations. Instead, he asked if they could hold the celebration on Roblox. On ...

Earlier this week, a bunch of companies gave Epic Games a big ol' pile of money-- $1 billion to be exact -- to help it accomplish its goals for the future. This kind of thing happens a lot, both to ...

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?

We may think we know what it means to work virtually, but the online workplace is evolving into nothing we’ve ever experienced before. Processing Content The metaverse — a collection of virtual ...

Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook's CEO, is as close to making the metaverse a household name as he did Facebook itself. For now, metaverse-related investments have been big money losers. (Photo by ANDREW ...