The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

As The Verge also notes, the section on metaverse browsers is heavily redacted, but it does hint towards a few things, ...

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But ...

VR headset sales were down in 2022, reflecting waning interest in a buggy metaverse. Even if consumers wanted to engage with this technology, the current price of headsets makes it inaccessible for ...

32.6% of U.S. youth own a virtual reality (VR) headset (41% of boys vs. 25.1% of girls). The metaverse, a space where the lines between physical and digital realities blur, is rising among younger ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse dream is giving investors nightmares. His $10 billion annual bet on an “embodied internet” preceded a plunge in Meta’s value, a first-ever quarterly revenue decline, and ...

In the days leading up to the launch of the Quest Pro, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has called the new headset a “great working device” — possibly even a laptop replacement. Gaming in VR is one thing — ...

Meta report: Future of work includes VR headsets, the metaverse and vendor collaboration Your email has been sent Around one-third of the U.S. and U.K. workforce works remotely, so businesses must ...

VR visualizations of science concepts children engage with. The Metaverse is so much more than video games and entertainment. Other sectors are applying its capabilities in ground-breaking, highly ...

I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I explore wearable tech, VR/AR, tablets, gaming and future/emerging trends in our changing world. Other obsessions include magic, immersive theater, ...

As amazing as virtual worlds can be, they require a connection to the real world, the human user. Interface technologies are the crucial interpreter of virtual events toward experiences that humans ...

The University of Glasgow, Stanford University, and New Mexico State are already using Quest headsets to educate students. Meta is bringing its enterprise level Quest services to the education sector, ...