Stephenson Metaverse Discusses His Climate Thriller And Why
This whole metaverse thing hasn’t turned out exactly how Seattle novelist Neal Stephenson thought it would when he came up with the idea 30 years ago. At the time, Stephenson was preparing to write his science fiction novel, “Snow Crash.” I was reflecting on how expensive it would be to buy the equipment for a […]
Evan Spiegel dismisses Facebook’s metaverse as ‘hypothetical’
Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel has dismissed Facebook’s “metaverse” ambitions as “ambiguous and hypothetical” by announcing a raft of new augmented reality features coming to phones and Snap’s experimental AR Spectacles over the next year. . Speaking ahead of the Snap Partner Summit, the company’s flagship annual event, Spiegel argued that Snapchat was uniquely positioned to […]
What Will Art Look Like in the Metaverse?
Mark Zuckerberg wants us to think of visual art when we contemplate his company’s new venture. Artists should take the suggestion seriously. In the first pages of Ben Lerner’s debut novel, “Leaving Atocha Station”, his narrator goes to the Prado museum in Madrid and observes a stranger breaking down in sobs in front of Rogier […]
Meta is building a digital voice assistant for Metaverse push
Facebook parent company Meta Platforms Inc. is building a digital voice assistant to help people interact hands-free with physical devices, such as the company’s Portal video calling device and, eventually, augmented reality glasses. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said the company is building the assistant in preparation for the so-called metaverse, a more immersive version […]
Seoul to become the first city to enter the metaverse
The Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on Monday that it will be the first major city to enter the metaverse. Tentatively named ‘Metaverse Seoul’, it aims to create a virtual communication ecosystem for all areas of its municipal administration. This would include the economic, cultural, tourist, educational and civic service, in three stages starting next […]
How to get a job in the Metaverse
The next big step in terms of career path is working at Meta, Roblox, Microsoft, OpenSea, The Sandbox (SAND) and other companies building the Metaverse. To learn how to get a job in the Metaverse, you need to know what your role will be like. It will mainly consist of blockchain, artificial intelligence, 5G, gaming […]
YouTube Plans to Make Gaming Videos Immersive in Metaverse
YouTube said it will begin creating metaverse experiences on its video platform, starting with gaming, following competitors’ investments in the animated category. “We will work to bring more interactions to games and make them feel more alive,” Neal Mohan, YouTube’s director of product, said in a blog post on Thursday. “It’s still early days, but […]
Even In the Metaverse, You Can’t Escape the Taxman
Second Life, the long-running online metaverse that still attracts nearly a million monthly active users, has announced that it will begin charging US users local sales tax on many in-game purchases for the first time. since its launch in 2003. a significant drag on the robust in-game economy of the online universe and serves as […]
Metaverse Vision Questioned by Gaming Veteran
Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms Inc. is one of the most vocal proponents of the metaverse’s future, but one gaming industry veteran is particularly skeptical about his vision. Like the cloud five years ago and even the internet 20 years ago, every company is now trying to hold on to the metaverse, said former Nintendo of […]
The Metaverse Is Coming, and the World Is Not Ready for It
The metaverse is coming. It was once a science fiction fantasy, most notably in Neal Stephenson’s novel “Snow Crash,” of an all-encompassing virtual universe that would exist alongside the physical one. But technological advances have brought this transformation of human society close enough to reality to demand that we consider its consequences. In the metaverse, […]