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Opinion

Web3 Marketing Needs Some of Apple’s Secret Sauce

By speaking the language of Web2, the blockchain world will not only be understood but also embraced as the natural evolution of the World Wide Web.

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Tech

Apple Vision Pros Are Practically Dress Code at This Crypto Hacker House

Airdrop riches and FOMO are fueling a run on Apple's pricey VR headset at mtnDAO, the Solana blockchain's largest community-run coworking meetup, in Salt Lake City.

Anders and Maribus wearing two of the many Apple Vision Pros at mtnDAO (Danny Nelson/CoinDesk)

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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Web3

Apple's New Headset Could Change the Way We Design the Metaverse

Apple new Vision Pro headset, which it says "seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world," may expand the borders of our decentralized digital future.

Victoria VR's token surges as it becomes first to release metaverse app for Apple's 'Vision Pro' headset. (Apple)

Web3

Audi-Backed Startup Holoride Is Bringing VR to the Car

Will the “Motorverse” change the face of backseat entertainment?

The Holoride system uses an HTC Vive Flow to bring a VR experience to cars, minus the motion sickness. (Pete Pachal/CoinDesk)

Web3

This Promising Wireless Technology Could Help Power the Future Metaverse

A new wireless technology that uses the human body as a conductor could help usher in a new generation of sleeker VR and AR devices.

Ixana showed off a pair of headphones powered by Wi-R technology, which transmits data via the human body without the need for a wireless connection, at CES 2023. (Pete Pachal/CoinDesk)

Videos

Meta’s Horizon Worlds Falling Short of Internal User Goals: WSJ

Facebook's parent company Meta is failing to keep users and internal performance goals on its flagship virtual reality (VR) "Horizon Worlds" platform, according to The Wall Street Journal. "The Hash" hosts discuss the key takeaways and the outlook for Meta's metaverse efforts.

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Videos

The Minds That Imagined the Metaverse and VR

A conversation at Consensus 2022 between two visionaries Neal Stephenson and Jaron Lanier about how they envisioned the metaverse and VR. Moderator: Leah Callon-Butler, Director, Emfarsis

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Videos

The Father of PlayStation Doesn’t Like Metaverse or VR Headsets

In an interview with Bloomberg, PlayStation creator Ken Kutaragi called the metaverse “isolating” and VR headsets “annoying.” Kutaragi equated the metaverse to nothing more than an anonymous message board. “The Hash” hosts discuss the strengths and weaknesses of Kutaragi’s criticisms amid the metaverse increasingly moving to lead the gaming revolution.

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Videos

Solana-Based Metaverse Gaming Platform Star Atlas Closes $2M in Public Token Sale

Blockchain-based metaverse gaming platform Star Atlas has closed $2 million in a public token sale, adding to the $41 million in sales it has already raised in NFTs. These NFTs and native Atlas tokens will be issued in Star Atlas’ play-to-earn gaming platform.

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