Payments services provider Worldline is expanding its virtual shopping program. The French company announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) the launch of the Worldline Metaverse Shopping Hub within the Spatial platform, an upgrade to its solution for merchants that hope to access the metaverse. “Through this platform...
The metaverse is expected to open up a world of opportunities for businesses and is projected to generate up to $2.6 trillion in commerce volume by 2030, according to data from McKinsey. Sascha Münger, Worldline’s metaverse expert, even calls the immersive virtual world “the sales...
It all started with a cat and a baby. In 1959, neurophysiologists David Hubel and Torsten Wiesel conducted an experiment on an anesthetized cat to better understand the interactions between the eyes and the brain when shown light and dark images at different angles. Their...
Meta’s ambitions to transform itself into a metaverse powerhouse on the scale of Facebook was met with another round of doubt as Needham analysts downgraded the social media giant from “hold” to “underperform.” In the July 11 downgrade, analyst Laura Martin advised investors to “use...
March 28, 2023
The metaverse is expected to open up a world of opportunities for businesses and is projected to generate up to $2.6 trillion in commerce volume by 2030, according to data from McKinsey. Sascha Münger, Worldline’s metaverse expert, even calls the immersive virtual world “the sales channel of the future,” one that “could potentially be the […]
June 22, 2022
There’s a huge amount of hype, and increasingly, money, being poured into “the metaverse” by some of the largest companies in the world as well as small tech firms that...
August 07, 2024
The metaverse may not be living up to the lofty promises that captured the attention of enthusiasts. The metaverse, an interconnected system of digital worlds built on blockchain technology and digital tokens, was envisioned as a new frontier for creativity and economic opportunity, but key measures of its value, such as the prices of non-fungible […]
December 12, 2023
Payments services provider Worldline is expanding its virtual shopping program. The French company announced Tuesday (Dec. 12) the launch of the Worldline Metaverse Shopping Hub within the Spatial platform, an...
March 25, 2022
If there was any question that fashion is leading the charge into the metaverse, the 70-plus brands participating in Decentraland’s Metaverse Fashion Week should put them to rest. And if...
February 15, 2022
Having opened a lounge in Decentraland, J.P. Morgan is the first lender to arrive in the metaverse, CoinDesk reported Tuesday (Feb. 15). Decentraland is a virtual world based on blockchain...
