Meta opens first physical store
Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store—in Burlingame, California—to showcase its hardware products like virtual and augmented reality goggles and glasses.
May 9, 2022
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Metaverse builders grapple with sex harassment conundrum
Nina Jane Patel felt confined and under threat as the male avatars closed in, intimidating her with verbal abuse, touching her avatar against her will and photographing the incident.
Apr 1, 2022
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Tennis training in the living room
TU Wien (Vienna) and VR Motion Learning are jointly developing a virtual tennis trainer. In the future, the virtual trainer will not only be able to analyze movements, but also give feedback to the players.
Mar 14, 2022
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Cyberdog and robo-barman: Spotted at Spain tech congress
Phone makers and telecoms firms unveiled a series of gadgets and innovations at one of the industry's biggest get-togethers this week in Barcelona.
Mar 4, 2022
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Virtual reality farm tour expands access to urban agriculture
One way farmers learn best practices is through their peers, but the pandemic has limited in-person meetings.
Feb 28, 2022
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Shares of Facebook parent Meta plunge 23% on lower profits
Newly renamed Meta is investing heavily in its futuristic "metaverse" project, but for now, relies on advertising revenue for nearly all its income. So when it posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast ...
Feb 2, 2022
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The metaverse offers a future full of potential, for terrorists and extremists too
The metaverse is coming. Like all technological innovation, it brings new opportunities and new risks.
Jan 10, 2022
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Metaverse gets touch of reality at CES
A jacket equipped with sensors that let wearers feel hugs or even punches in virtual reality was among the innovations giving the metaverse a more realistic edge at the Consumer Electronics Show.
Jan 7, 2022
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CES 2022: This new virtual reality headset can be worn like a pair of glasses
Would you wear a virtual reality headset if they were roughly the size of a pair of glasses?
Jan 6, 2022
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Will the metaverse protect our privacy, or will it exploit us more than ever?
The metaverse is more than the latest obsession of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg. It's a three-dimensional world of virtual and augmented reality that we will be exploring—via our digital avatars—over the next decade.
Dec 23, 2021
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