At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact by ...

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The metaverse—a digital realm in which people connect, work and socialize—is gaining momentum at warp speed. This online universe, accessed through tech like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality ...

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Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

This post was co-authored by Asia Eaton, Ph.D., and Sophie Maddocks, M.A. After Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would be changing its name to “Meta” in 2021, the hype surrounding the metaverse ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.