What is augmented reality used for? Augmented reality can be used for a lot of different purposes. You can enrich daily activities or innovate your services as an entrepreneur. Augmented reality, or ...

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

The metaverse was supposed to be transformative. In March 2022, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it “the next chapter of the internet overall.” Three years ago, Satya Nadella, CEO at Microsoft, wrote ...

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Meta plans to cut its metaverse budget by roughly 30% to prioritize AI spending. Reality Labs has spent tens of billions over recent years. Meta shares recently fell more than 25% from peak levels.

To many, the metaverse is a childish-looking virtual world where Mark Zuckerberg invites us to socialize as clumsy, lifeless avatars. Few accepted the invitation. Now that Meta is scaling back several ...

A blank square of pixels in a virtual metaverse world like The Sandbox can cost as much as a home in the real world. But ...

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...