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Retailers Try to Spiff up Metaverse Shopping Experience
Retailers Try to Spiff up Metaverse Shopping Experience
October 12, 2022  |  artificial intelligence

When people talk about the metaverse, they tend to think of a fully immersive reality entered through a video headset. But there’s another, technologically nearer...

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Zuckerberg’s Unlovable Metaverse Shares Flaws of Meta’s Payments Policy
Zuckerberg’s Unlovable Metaverse Shares Flaws of Meta’s Payments Policy
October 07, 2022  |  Meta

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has gotten a lot of flak in the year since he announced the corporate rebranding by saying, “From now on, we’re...

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Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
Judge to Hear FTC Case on Meta Takeover of VR Firm in December
August 15, 2022  |  Meta

The Meta proposal to buy virtual reality company Within Unlimited is seeing some speedbumps in court, Bloomberg wrote, with the Federal Trade Commission issuing a...

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FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
FTC Lawsuit Prompts Meta to Pause Acquisition of VR Firm Within 
August 05, 2022  |  Meta

With a lawsuit from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) hanging over its head, Facebook’s parent company Meta is pausing its planned acquisition of the virtual...

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Zuckerberg Shows off Meta’s VR Progress
Zuckerberg Shows off Meta’s VR Progress
June 21, 2022  |  Metaverse

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...

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5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
5G-Powered Smart Glasses Enable Immersive Shopping, Gaming and Learning
May 18, 2022  |  Commerce Connected

Aiming to speed the creation of immersive 5G-powered augmented reality (AR) experiences for smart glasses, T-Mobile has launched a T-Mobile Accelerator program that provides resources...

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Will the Metaverse Turn Real Estate VR Company Matterport Into More Than An SEO Grab?
Will the Metaverse Turn Real Estate VR Company Matterport Into More Than An SEO Grab?
February 02, 2022  |  Metaverse

Deutsche Bank initiated coverage of Matterport, a company that creates 3D “digital twins” of interior spaces. While its target audience is the real estate digital...

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Meta Earnings Hit By Metaverse Investments As Stock Plunges 20%
Meta Earnings Hit By Metaverse Investments As Stock Plunges 20%
February 02, 2022  |  Earnings

Facebook parent Meta said it would miss analysts’ expectations in Q1 2022, and the metaverse is to blame. Okay, that’s probably unfair, given that Apple...

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VR 2021 Funding Totaling $176M Breaks UK Records
VR 2021 Funding Totaling $176M Breaks UK Records
January 12, 2022  |  Investments

Chatter about the metaverse and innovation in virtual reality (VR) caught the attention of U.K. investors in 2021, with a record 154 million euros ($176...

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