virtual reality

Virtual reality is a simulated experience that can be similar to or completely different from the real world. Applications of virtual reality can include entertainment and educational purposes. Other, distinct types of VR style technology include augmented reality and mixed reality.

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Meta Kills Portal Hardware Business
Meta Kills Portal Hardware Business
November 13, 2022  |  Meta

Meta Platforms reportedly plans to end its Portal smart display and its smartwatch projects as it focuses on core businesses in the wake of sweeping...

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One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
One Year In and Meta’s Mega Bet Meets Stark Reality
October 28, 2022  |  Meta

A year old and Meta — formerly Facebook — looks to need a reset from its rebrand. October 2021 marked Facebook’s heralded leap into decentralized...

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Industrial Metaverses Are Useless Without IoT’s Real-Time Data
Industrial Metaverses Are Useless Without IoT’s Real-Time Data
October 26, 2022  |  Metaverse

In the digital twin breweries Anheuser-Busch InBev is building in a private industrial metaverse, a sensor will tell the brewmaster if a vat of beer...

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Is the Industrial Metaverse Virtual Reality’s Commercial Future?
Is the Industrial Metaverse Virtual Reality’s Commercial Future?
October 20, 2022  |  Metaverse

With skepticism that the metaverse will “change everything” growing as Meta’s struggles to produce a viable immersive virtual reality, there is a new “next big...

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The UAE Metaverse Healthcare Projects Pushing Medical Frontiers
The UAE Metaverse Healthcare Projects Pushing Medical Frontiers
October 19, 2022  |  Metaverse

As part of Dubai’s ambition to become a global center for metaverse business and technology, the emirate recently inaugurated its first hospital in the metaverse...

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Meta’s Horizon Worlds Users Prefer Life in the Real World
Meta’s Horizon Worlds Users Prefer Life in the Real World
October 17, 2022  |  Metaverse

On Oct. 28, a year will have passed since Mark Zuckerberg’s world-shaking announcement that his company would henceforth be called Meta, writing in a founder’s...

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Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
Meta’s Horizon puttering as Consumers Reportedly Don’t Return
October 16, 2022  |  Meta

Meta is having some trouble selling its metaverse concept, facing headwinds including glitches, uninterested users and not much clarity on what it will take to...

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Meta Asks Judge To Block FTC Suit On Within Acquisition
Meta Asks Judge To Block FTC Suit On Within Acquisition
October 13, 2022  |  Meta

Meta has asked a judge to turn down a U.S. Federal Trade Commission attempt to block the company’s acquisition of Within Unlimited, a virtual reality...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Tweaks Its Metaverse Offerings
Today in the Connected Economy: Meta Tweaks Its Metaverse Offerings
October 13, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Meta reveals the price tag for its new virtual reality headset and unveils features to make that reality seem a...

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