Translucia is a Thailand-led metaverse initiative launched by T&B Media Global. It’s framed as a full virtual world where people can interact, attend experiences, and take part in commerce. For brands ...

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.

The metaverse was supposed to be transformative. In March 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it “the next chapter of the internet overall.” Three years ago, Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, wrote ...

To promote the launch of its new lipstick — a buttery matte formula called Spike Valentino — Valentino Beauty opened a pop-up in New York’s Flatiron Plaza this October. Like many such previous branded ...

Remember the Metaverse? It seemed like a good idea at the time. It all started in 2021, when Facebook rebranded to Meta and pledged $10 billion to build technology that could make reality totally ...

Esports has a pattern of community behaviour which traditional sports are envious of: chat streams, watching parties, co-streamers, reactions live. With the help of VR and metaverse versions of spaces ...

According to McKinsey & Company, the metaverse is the emerging 3-D-enabled digital space that uses virtual reality, augmented reality, and other advanced internet and semiconductor technology to allow ...

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Peer Global Inc announced today that it has raised $10.5 million in its latest round of funding for its metaverse game engine, which it plans to use to build out its team and to accelerate AI product ...

Before AI became the biggest buzzword in tech, hype surrounded the metaverse. Tech giants raced to roll out virtual environments that allowed people to interact digitally or mix virtual reality and ...