From meatballs to metaverse – IKEA's flatpack fantasy lands on Roblox
Swedish furniture giant has 10 paid in-game jobs to fill
Bootnotes05 Jun 2024 | 9
Metaverse
China names members of a second tech supergroup to define the metaverse
Goggle-eyed Beijing wants technical and identity standards
Software23 Jan 2024 | 6
Corduroy is coming to the metaverse with touchy-feely robotic sensors
Just what virtual reality needs – an update that brings a bit of texture torture
Science14 Nov 2023 | 4
Teens take a million metaverse Ryanair flights in Roblox
They do this in their free time
Bootnotes24 Oct 2023 | 41
Zuck dives deeper into the metaverse, dragging Snoop Dogg along for ride
Meta's annual conference sees the company playing catch-up to OpenAI but pulling ahead of Apple
Offbeat28 Sep 2023 | 13
China to set standards for the metaverse because it's not sure what one is
Beijing reckons they could be handy for manufacturing, but for now they're just a mess
Software19 Sep 2023 | 5
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Pokémon Go was a 'success disaster' and Niantic is still chasing another hit
The past seven years have seen improved mapping, AR and AI, and the developer's gotta catch 'em all ahead of Monster Hunter launch
Software01 Sep 2023 | 21
We're about to hit peak device count, says HTC veep, as AR takes over
First you'll live in a headset. Then come the chip implants …
Personal Tech30 Aug 2023 | 20
Metaverses are flopping – hard – says Gartner
Clunky, costly, literally sickening data silos just aren't better than the real world
Software28 Jun 2023 | 119
OPPO abandons custom chip design ambitions
Asia In Brief PLUS: India gets blood from a drone; Toshiba sets a date; Australia floats metaverse standards
Personal Tech15 May 2023 | 2
Meta wheels out Deloitte to plug the metaverse. Is anyone actually convinced?
Comment All these analysts know is that their gut says... maybe
Personal Tech10 May 2023 | 37
Unilever claims it's a 'cloud-only enterprise' – now with added OpenAI
Funny way to describe a company that makes toilet cleaner
CxO04 Apr 2023 | 15
Ex-politico turned Meta hype man brands Metaverse 'new heart of computing'
Stop sniggering at the back. 'We're going to stick with it', says Nick Clegg. Unlike Disney
Offbeat31 Mar 2023 | 42
Microsoft dips Teams in the metaverse vat with avatars ahead
Can't be bothered with cam? Replace yourself with a 3D diligent worker
SaaS15 Mar 2023 | 29
Fujitsu, Mitsubishi, pals proclaim 'Japan Metaverse Economic Zone'
Updating the nation through the power of games. And ads. Lots of ads
Software28 Feb 2023 | 9
Meta to add verification to Facebook and Insta under scheme that should avoid Twitter's Musk-stakes
Paid accounts will be more prominent than your shouty relatives and get – wait for it – a support line
Personal Tech20 Feb 2023 | 40
Scammers steal $4 million in crypto during face-to-face meeting
Demand to display wallet full of coin facilitated mystery heist
Cyber-crime08 Feb 2023 | 86
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
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang talks chips, GPUs, metaverse
GTC And 'AI factories'
SaaS22 Mar 2022 | 1
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 | 50
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
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