What failed as consumer hype is reemerging as infrastructure for AI agents, autonomous transactions, and machine-to-machine ...

Do you remember what the internet of the past looked like? Static webpages that took an age to load, blurry JPG images and lots of garishly colored text and backgrounds, those were the days! Well, the ...

Tech visionaries sold us the bizarre idea of a ubiquitous metaverse. While we stay in the real world, glued to our phones, ...

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ...

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After changing its name and going all-in on virtual reality, Meta is scaling back its metaverse operations. But that could be ...

Remember the metaverse? It was just a couple of years ago when it seemed as if every technology, media and entertainment company was scrambling to adapt to a future in which regular people would live ...

In 1992, Neal Stephenson penned the cult classic “Snow Crash” in which a pizza delivery man, Hiro Protagonist, exists between two worlds: the sunny streets of Los Angeles and the mind-bending ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Matthew Ball estimated that 70% of the second edition of his book The ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

Meta is pulling back from its once-central virtual reality ambitions, as mounting losses and weakening demand force the ...

The cuts affected 10% of staff as spending shifts to its AI glasses and other wearables products.