And you need software. Apps are delivered through digital stores in a similar way to phones or video game consoles, with some VR metaverse-style apps providing community-made content, like the ...

Zuckerberg's reveal of Orion late last month has triggered a level of enthusiasm that's unfamiliar in the metaverse. The ...

This hefty investment reflects the company’s vision of VR as a key player in the future of technology at a time when the metaverse was the hottest concept out there. In 2021, Facebook rebranded ...

We'll manipulate objects using augmented reality (AR), explore virtual-reality (VR ... aspect of the metaverse is controversial, not just because it is technically hard to monitor potentially ...

In VR, users feel present in a fully artificial ... provided by Rosenberg Why will the metaverse likely “monitor” users? In regards to “monitor”, Rosenberg warns that the metaverse has ...

The captains of industry that were going to pilot us through new virtual worlds are still around. They're just going by a new name.

Watch: The BBC's technology correspondent Marc Cieslak enters the metaverse VR and the metaverse are not specifically mentioned in the UK's forthcoming Online Safety Bill, which is due before ...

Not exactly. By some definitions, the metaverse doesn't have to be accessed using VR. Three-dimensional worlds are already in existence today and can be used without VR. While some might argue ...

The PSVR 2 lacks any social metaverse-type software ... work with the old mobile VR goggles. The Quest does have a phone app for streaming content for a parent to monitor and can receive phone ...

The metaverse sits at the intersection of numerous different technologies and objectives. For the former, developments in VR, AR and blockchain technology could benefit from increased use cases ...

One such component is extended reality (XR), a collective term that covers augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality. XR can move the metaverse ... be used to monitor water ...