A few years ago, while doing research for a virtual reality (VR) program at MIT that I would be running, I donned a VR headset and played a ping-pong game. The game was so realistic that it ...

The metaverse is a 3D social network. Instead of a profile, you have an avatar, and so do your friends. Instead of a news feed, you have social hubs where people gather to share news, gossip and play ...

When Cathy Hackl’s son wanted to throw a party for his 9th birthday, he didn’t ask for favors for his friends or themed decorations. Instead, he asked if they could hold the celebration on Roblox. On ...

Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse is 'the next generation of the internet,' but what does that even mean? Let us explain. My title is Senior Features Writer, which is a license to write about ...

With the metaverse seemingly dead and buried, the question remains: why, exactly, did investors fall for it in the first place? The answer, in short, lies in the world-changing COVID-19 pandemic — and ...

Facebook, the biggest social media platform in the world, recently changed its name to Meta and announced its full-fledged pivot to the metaverse. But Facebook is not the only tech company that is ...

The metaverse is the future; it involves wearing a headset that transports you to anywhere you want to go. You can do it on your own time and in your own home. So not only will you be able to watch ...

Bitcoin Ordinals continue to inspire new products to enter the market. The latest entrant is dubbed Bitmap Theory, an innovative–and exciting–way to bridge the gap between Bitcoin and the metaverse.