Derived from a 1992 sci-fi novel “Snowcrash”, the term “Metaverse” was coined by Neal Stephenson as a successor to the Internet, constitutes Stephenson’s vision of how a digital world might evolve in ...

To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

The Metaverse, often depicted as a sci-fi concept, is now a tangible reality, blending our physical existence with digital augmentation. This chapter serves as your foundational guide, providing ...

ZDNET explores the ways that the metaverse is coming to life and how it will change the nature of work -- and maybe everything else, too. Read now These technologies and their developing successors, ...

You may be tempted to confuse the metaverse with a virtual reality world. Certainly, the metaverse is a virtual world in which one can explore, interact and create content. However, the differences ...

When you think of the metaverse, you may picture a person playing a video game while wearing a bulky headset that covers most of their face. It’s not surprising that digital gaming is one of the early ...

What is the metaverse? On a broad level, one metaverse definition might essentially describe the metaverse as an ongoing interoperable digital world filled with interactions, assets, experiences and ...

In the few months since the announcement by Meta (erstwhile Facebook), the metaverse has witnessed its own accelerated maturation curve, with an initial upheaval of activity, heightened expectations, ...

Steve Benford receives funding from UKRI, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, EU, Unilever, BBC and Microsoft. In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the “metaverse”, Microsoft has now ...