In recent years, you’ve likely heard about the so-called “metaverse,” along with a host of inaccurate descriptors like “it’ll be the next Internet” or “it will revolutionize eCommerce.” In truth, the ...
What do Microsoft, Epic Games, Adobe, Nvidia, and Ikea all have in common? According to nonprofit standards organization the Khronos Group, it's the metaverse. Despite there being no clear definition ...
The metaverse as we know it right now likely won’t be the same thing people experience in five years. The term was first coined in 1992 by author Neal Stephenson as a digital world that exists ...
A couple months ago, friends and business contacts started asking me for a crash course on my professional research studying virtual environments. Their interest reflects an explosion—which you’ve ...
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The metaverse isn’t virtual reality, experts say, it’s more about having an identity that moves between virtual and physical worlds. Credit: Terrell Clark for The Hechinger Report The Hechinger Report ...
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Why Zuckerberg is finally ditching the $70B metaverse

Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has finally come due. After roughly $70 billion in cumulative losses tied to virtual ...
This article is reprinted by permission from NextAvenue.org. Every so often, a new buzzword seems to come out of nowhere and suddenly feel ubiquitous. Right now, that word is “metaverse,” which means ...
The Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF offers exposure to companies advancing the metaverse, spanning infrastructure, software, and user interface technologies. METV is a capital appreciation vehicle, ...
The metaverse is a term for the new virtual world that’s emerging as technology advances. It’s a concept that dates back to 1992, when a dystopian book by Neal Stephenson called “Snow Crash” was ...
The 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash introduced the word “metaverse” — a term now bandied about in technology circles and laden with high hopes of redefining the Internet. This space is still forming, ...