Microsoft’s mixed reality dream meets harsh reality of job cuts Updated Just so, so much enthusiasm for Second Life 2.0 right now Personal Tech24 Jan 2023 | 8
Meta freezes development of $1.5B Alabama datacenter pending redesign More AI is the answer to all our woes, Meta CTO says Off-Prem20 Dec 2022 | 5
Quest VR glasses back on sale in Germany – but watchdog has eye on Meta Goggles unhooked from Facebook login, but officials still watching for antitrust abuse Personal Tech25 Nov 2022 | 15
'Odor simulation' included in China's national VR plan Beijing nose best, wants VR to work in sport, tourism. industrial sims, at 8K with 60fps Software02 Nov 2022 | 14
It's 2023, let's check in with the metaverse... Nope, still doesn't exist You might catch a whiff of it in Slack or Teams next year, but otherwise normal human life goes on Personal Tech27 Oct 2022 | 71
Meta wants to sweat its servers for longer – at a cost of $60b Even as the ad market chills and share price slumps Systems27 Oct 2022 | 14
Shareholders slam Zuckerberg's 'terrifying' $100b+ Metaverse experiment Start with dumping a fifth of staff, capping that VR capex, firm urges Personal Tech24 Oct 2022 | 35
Most Metaverse business projects will be dead by 2025 Canalys Channels Forum McKinsey forecasts market value of $5 trillion by 2030, Citi says up to $13 trillion, but Canalys doesn't agree Personal Tech24 Oct 2022 | 75
Team Interpol: Metaverse Police Attempted revival of virtual reality is only just beginning and already the cops just want to take a look around Bootnotes21 Oct 2022 | 18
The Metaverse is the internet no one wants Comment Meta's push to put computing into a headset will end in tears Personal Tech14 Oct 2022 | 92
Tencent has its Meta moment as CEO Pony Ma outlines 'immersive convergence' Video confs to add multi-sensory interaction and by 2040 maybe even brain/machine interfaces Software29 Sep 2022 | 5
European carriers again call for Big Tech to fund network builds Argue tough economy means everyone needs to pay for the internet's growth – especially those who use it most Networks27 Sep 2022 | 13
Nvidia sets out timeline for H100 GPUs – now for HGX, next year for DGX GTC It's called Hopper because most of the chips announced today skipped it AI + ML20 Sep 2022 | 1
You didn't ask for it but Nvidia's gonna get you a metaverse-as-a-service cloud GTC Sorry, sorry, Omniverse – and think subscription-based digital twins PaaS + IaaS20 Sep 2022 | 4
Meta's next-gen Oculus headset kit left in a hotel room Video Nothing to see here, unless it's Second Life Version 2 you're after Personal Tech12 Sep 2022 | 17
Hybrid work not working? Try building an 'intraverse' to fix it, says Gartner It’s the mutant offspring of an intranet and a metaverse and even if it flops, you'll get some kudos Software12 Sep 2022 | 25
Meta hedges bets on metaverse silicon with Qualcomm VR deal More silicon sales for us says Qualcomm Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 5
China's tech juggernauts form metaverse research institute COMMENT Meanwhile, Mark Zuckerberg's Meta spends billions on the concept Personal Tech23 Aug 2022 | 3
Big Tech is building the metaverse of its own dreams. You don't want to go there Opinion No country for old menus Columnists22 Aug 2022 | 104
After 40 years in tech, I see every innovation contains its dark opposite Column From modems to the Metaverse, Mark Pesce has seen it all Software20 Jul 2022 | 138
Microsoft's metaverse is for training autonomous drones Project AirSim can allegedly run 'millions of flights in seconds' Edge + IoT19 Jul 2022 | 5
We need a Library of Congress – but for the digital world Opinion Hack the future with a meta museum: 1 weird trick to free 50 years of digital life Databases04 Jul 2022 | 31
A miserable work week spent toiling inside 'the metaverse' Nausea, eye strain, inability to take notes, migraines are just a few of Metaverse work 'perks' Offbeat22 Jun 2022 | 68
Meta now involved in making metalevel standards for the metaverse So are Microsoft, Adobe, W3C, Huawei, and… IKEA? Not Apple, though Personal Tech22 Jun 2022 | 17
Metaverse progress update: Some VR headset prototypes nowhere near shipping But when it does work, bet you'll fall over yourselves to blow ten large on designer clobber for your avy Personal Tech20 Jun 2022 | 24
Consultant plays Metaverse MythBuster. Here's why they're wrong Opinion Holograms, brands, NFTs, and a 1,000-consumer survey Offbeat16 Jun 2022 | 83
Metaverse privacy maturity lags enthusiasm for new virtual worlds Let's dive in and do it anyway, because that worked so well for social media Software02 Jun 2022 | 11
India to upgrade mobile networks near Maoist insurgents to 4G They're currently on 2G – a tactic the government uses to suppress communication Networks28 Apr 2022 | 2
Accenture announces 'Accenture Song' – not a tune, but a rebrand To deliver post-pandemic accelerated metaverse continuum experience consultancy. Or something Offbeat28 Apr 2022 | 58
Meta physical: Facebook parent to open its first real-world store To truly understand virtual reality, first you need to go outside, interact with actual people... Personal Tech26 Apr 2022 | 5
The metaverse of fantasy worlds is itself still a fantasy If your boss is bugging you about this tech, here's how to respond Personal Tech04 Apr 2022 | 47
Web3 'contains the seeds of a dystopian nightmare' says analyst firm Forrester Research is DeFi-ing current hype Applications01 Apr 2022 | 59
Beijing to build Communist training college in a metaverse Of course it will officially be massively popular – regardless of how many actually use it Software29 Mar 2022 | 11
AMD reminds everyone it's still doing Threadrippers Latest Pro 5000 WX series good for AI, engineering, maybe metaverse? Personal Tech08 Mar 2022 | 15
Indian services giants target emerging technologies with PaaS plays Infosys and Wipro bet that makers of metaverses and cloudy cars want ready-to-roll platforms AI + ML03 Mar 2022 | 9
Yes, Mark Zuckerberg is still pushing metaverse. Next step, language translation He probably knows a thing or two about nobody understanding him AI + ML24 Feb 2022 | 48
Insurance claims up 31% thanks to the metaverse I'm gaming like a wrecking ball Bootnotes14 Feb 2022 | 20
Grab some tissues: Meta's share price tanks after Facebook emits latest figures Blame it on the metaverse, Apple, TikTok, inflation, and higher data charges in India Off-Prem03 Feb 2022 | 71
Korea gives a $7.5bn nod to the metaverse and AI projects Move over K-pop, the K-metaverse is coming AI + ML26 Jan 2022 | 1
Meta trains data2vec neural network to grok speech, images, text so it can 'understand the world' Whatever it takes, Mark AI + ML21 Jan 2022 | 32
How can we push more chips, Nvidia thinks: Ah yes, free 3D metaverse-slash-omniverse tools for creators Plus teases 'monster' RTX 3090 Ti graphics chip Personal Tech05 Jan 2022 | 8
Reg scribe spends 80 hours in actual metaverse … and plans to keep visiting It's not a place to spend all day, but a useful alternative when friends are distant, or the real world is dangerous Software08 Nov 2021 | 80