Metaverse


Finance

Metaverse Project Futureverse's Co-Founders Start $50M Venture Fund

The Born Ready venture studio will invest in early-stage Web3 and metaverse projects.

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Web3

Yuga Labs Acquiring Roar Studios to Accelerate 'Bold Vision' for Otherside

The Roar team will "contribute their innovative technology, specialized expertise and leadership" to Yuga Labs as it continues its ambitious growth plans for their Otherside metaverse.

Otherside's First Trip (Yuga Labs)

Web3

Meta Aims to Recharge Lagging Horizon Worlds Metaverse With New In-House Game Studio

The struggling VR platform reported losses of $3.7 billion in the second quarter, though CEO Mark Zuckerberg remains "fully committed" to the metaverse and AI.

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Web3

Yuga Labs Hopes to Rile Up Its Bored Apes With Latest Otherside Demo

The NFT mega-company has been hard at work building out a virtual playground for its Web3 community, and its latest live demo is aimed at bringing Bored Ape Yacht Club holders back to the center of its universe.

Bored Ape in the Otherside metaverse

Videos

Zuckerberg Says Meta Has 'Exciting Roadmap' With Threads, AI Products in Pipeline

Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of Facebook parent Meta, says the firm isn't giving up on the metaverse anytime soon. This comes as Meta's metaverse division Reality Labs reported $276 million in sales and $3.7 billion in losses for Q2 2023. Journey Chief Metaverse Officer Cathy Hackl discusses her take on Meta's vision for the metaverse and artificial intelligence (AI). 

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Web3

Meta Remains Committed to the Metaverse Despite $13.7B Loss in 2022, Mark Zuckerberg Says

Meta's pivot cost the social media giant over $20 billion since 2021, but the company’s founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg says the firm isn't giving up on the metaverse anytime soon.

PARIS, FRANCE - MAY 24, 2018 : Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Press conference at VIVA Technology (Vivatech) the world's rendezvous for startup and leaders. (Shutterstock)

Web3

McDonald’s Opens McNuggets Land in the Metaverse, but McWhy?

The fast food giant is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the menu item with a perplexing new Web3 activation.

It's McNugget's time in the Sandbox

Videos

Futureverse Founder on Combining AI and the Metaverse, $54M Raise

Futureverse, a startup formed out of 11 different firms, has raised $54 million in Series A round led by 10T Holdings, and includes participation from Ripple Labs. The startup's founder Aaron McDonald joins "First Mover" to discuss the funding round and his outlook on AI, Web3 and metaverse developments.

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Web3

Metaverse Startup Futureverse Raises $54M Series A From 10T Holdings, Ripple Labs

Futureverse formed out of the merger of eight companies in late 2022, with three more assimilated subsequently.

Funding

Opinion

Is the Metaverse a 'Global Panopticon'?

In an excerpt from her new book "Beyond Data," lawyer Elizabeth M. Renieris argues emerging extended-reality technologies erode individual and societal privacy rights.

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