Horizon Worlds

F&B Brands Enter Virtual Worlds to Reach New Consumers
F&B Brands Enter Virtual Worlds to Reach New Consumers
July 10, 2024  |  Retail

As food and beverage brands look for new ways to drive acquisition and loyalty, key players are turning to virtual worlds to reach consumers in...

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Zuckerberg: Meta Still ‘Fully Committed’ to Metaverse
Zuckerberg: Meta Still ‘Fully Committed’ to Metaverse
July 27, 2023  |  Meta

Meta’s metaverse plans are still on track, according to the company’s CEO. “Our investments in AI continue. We remain fully committed to the Metaverse vision as...

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One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
October 28, 2022  |  Meta

A year old and Meta — formerly Facebook — looks to need a reset from its rebrand. October 2021 marked Facebook’s heralded leap into decentralized...

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Is the Industrial Metaverse Virtual Reality’s Commercial Future?
Is the Industrial Metaverse Virtual Reality’s Commercial Future?
October 20, 2022  |  Metaverse

With skepticism that the metaverse will “change everything” growing as Meta’s struggles to produce a viable immersive virtual reality, there is a new “next big...

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Meta’s Horizon Worlds Users Prefer Life in the Real World
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Users Prefer Life in the Real World
October 17, 2022  |  Metaverse

On Oct. 28, a year will have passed since Mark Zuckerberg’s world-shaking announcement that his company would henceforth be called Meta, writing in a founder’s...

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Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
October 16, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is having some trouble selling its metaverse concept, facing headwinds including glitches, uninterested users and not much clarity on what it will take to...

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Metaverse VP Bails to Lead Stripe’s Revenue and Financial Management
Metaverse VP Bails to Lead Stripe’s Revenue and Financial Management
October 14, 2022  |  Personnel

A vice president of Meta’s virtual reality (VR) social platform Horizon Worlds is now over at Stripe working with a new product team. Vivek Sharma...

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Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Avatar Finds Its Legs (and Headset) at Last
Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Avatar Finds Its Legs (and Headset) at Last
October 13, 2022  |  Metaverse

For $1,500, you can enter a metaverse in which the avatars will soon have actual legs, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Tuesday (Oct. 11). The...

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Zuckerberg’s Unlovable Metaverse Shares Flaws of Meta’s Payments Policy
Zuckerberg’s Unlovable Metaverse Shares Flaws of Meta’s Payments Policy
October 07, 2022  |  Meta

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gotten a lot of flak in the year since he announced the corporate rebranding by saying, “From now on, we’re...

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