What failed as consumer hype is reemerging as infrastructure for AI agents, autonomous transactions, and machine-to-machine ...
Metaverse adoption has slowed down in 2022, but investors’ and developers’ enthusiasm remains. Here’s an overview of the tech’s last 12 months. Recognized as one of the most turbulent years for the ...
The term “metaverse” seems to be everywhere — in the news, on social media and even at the dinner table. Although the technology is far from mainstream, it’s quickly garnering the attention of tech ...
Meta's vision of the metaverse is an expensive trial that doesn't seem to be working. It's also caused development by other companies to grind to a halt. It may be time for Meta to rethink its ...
2022 was the year the wheels fell off the metaverse bandwagon, which had been the most hyped narrative as the year began. By far the worst-performing sector in blockchain, the average drawdown was 89% ...
The conversation about the metaverse continued in 2022, but much of the earlier excitement about the concept cooled. The metaverse, as it was described to many of us in 2021, is going to be something ...
The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ...
The metaverse and its new version of the internet—the way we will all share an immersive 3D virtual space, using headsets or other technology—is redefining how we might travel and 2023 will be the ...
Sales of virtual reality headsets in the U.S. declined 2% year over year to $1.1 billion as of early December, according to NPD Group. Worldwide shipments of VR headsets as well as augmented reality ...
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What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on. Late last year, Meta confirmed it would effectively be abandoning the metaverse, a ...