Lowe’s is getting into the metaverse, CNBC reported Tuesday (June 21), and the home improvement retailer will make virtual products available through its own hub and for free. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg Monday (June 20) offered a high-level overview of four virtual reality prototypes of headsets he said the company is developing with the goal of producing “displays that are as visual and realistic as the physical world and much more advanced...
Big companies that thrived in brick-and-mortar locations on the World Wide Web are making their way into the metaverse, providing a glimpse into how money might be made there, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (June 20). Get the Full Story Complete the form to...
The Meta Quest v41 software update is rolling out next week, and Quest’s virtual reality (VR) Horizon Home space is adding social hang-outs, giving users the ability to invite friends to watch movies, play games and more, according to a Quest blog post Tuesday (June...
In 1992, Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” rocketed him to fame in sci-fi’s then-fledgling cyberpunk genre by imagining a dystopian world in which people escape by plugging into an immersive, 3D fantasy world in which they weren’t living in shipping container developments. Get the Full Story...
Metaverse design company Star Atlas partnered Thursday (June 9) with cryptocurrency payments infrastructure company MoonPay to allow players to buy nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and in-game currency ATLAS with a credit card instantly, according to a joint press release. Get the Full Story Complete the form...
There has been a staggering amount of hype around “the metaverse” over the past six months to a year, with major brands from McDonald’s to Gucci jumping in and shouting it from the rooftops. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article...
Indian FinTech Kiya.ai will debut a “banking metaverse” to allow users to visit a virtual bank branch in their own homes, a press release said Friday (June 3). Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to...
Can you hold a Memorial Day celebration in the metaverse? Of course. Should you? That’s another question — and one with a lot of question marks. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS...
