virtual reality

Virtual reality is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. Applications of virtual reality can include entertainment and educational purposes. Other, distinct types of VR style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality.

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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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Meta Asks Judge To Block FTC Suit On Within Acquisition
Meta Asks Judge To Block FTC Suit On Within Acquisition
October 13, 2022  |  Meta

Meta has asked a judge to turn down a U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempt to block the company’s acquisition of Within Unlimited, a virtual reality...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Tweaks Its Metaverse Offerings
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Tweaks Its Metaverse Offerings
October 13, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta reveals the price tag for its new virtual reality headset and unveils features to make that reality seem a...

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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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Say What? Shopping in the Metaverse Will Require AI-Powered Voice
Say What? Shopping in the Metaverse Will Require AI-Powered Voice
October 13, 2022  |  Metaverse

Beyond the most basic point-and-click interactions, commerce in the metaverse will likely require some sort of artificial intelligence (AI)-powered voice interaction. This can start with...

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Retailers Try to Spiff up Metaverse Shopping Experience
Retailers Try to Spiff up Metaverse Shopping Experience
October 12, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

When people talk about the metaverse, they tend to think of a fully immersive reality entered through a video headset. But there’s another, technologically nearer...

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Protecting Kids From Metaverse Marketing Is No Game
Protecting Kids From Metaverse Marketing Is No Game
October 11, 2022  |  Metaverse

Regulators in the U.S., the U.K. and the EU have each recently called for a crackdown on digital ads targeting kids, blaming big tech for...

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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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Dubai Ramps Up Efforts to Become Global Metaverse Capital
Dubai Ramps Up Efforts to Become Global Metaverse Capital
September 28, 2022  |  Metaverse

As key players converge on Wednesday (Sep. 28) for the Dubai Metaverse Assembly, the capital city of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is making a...

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