The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

32.6% of U.S. youth own a virtual reality (VR) headset (41% of boys vs. 25.1% of girls). The metaverse, a space where the lines between physical and digital realities blur, is rising among younger ...

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But ...

Meta is scaling back its metaverse ambitions after billions in losses, cutting jobs and shutting down Horizon Worlds VR support, while former employees blame internal mismanagement and unclear product ...

According to VR projections and Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg, more than one billion people will be using the metaverse by 2030. The Facebook founder believes that there will be one VR world in which ...

The University of Glasgow, Stanford University, and New Mexico State are already using Quest headsets to educate students. Meta is bringing its enterprise level Quest services to the education sector, ...

Back in late 2021, Facebook officially rebranded itself as Meta. At the time, it also announced it was pivoting to focusing on building the Metaverse, which was essentially a 3D world where your ...

Merriam Webster defines the metaverse as “a persistent virtual environment that allows access to and interoperability of multiple individual virtual realities.” The term “metaverse” originates from ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

As The Verge also notes, the section on metaverse browsers is heavily redacted, but it does hint towards a few things, including the fact that they “have the primary purpose of allowing the navigation ...