Despite billions spent and years of hype, Horizon Worlds never caught on—proving that money alone can't build a social ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

According to VR projections and Meta leader Mark Zuckerberg, more than one billion people will be using the metaverse by 2030. The Facebook founder believes that there will be one VR world in which ...

Back in late 2021, Facebook officially rebranded itself as Meta. At the time, it also announced it was pivoting to focusing on building the Metaverse, which was essentially a 3D world where your ...

The metaverse is still a mystery to many, but its component parts are already revolutionizing the way we interact with the world around us. In PwC's survey of over 5,000 US consumers and 1,000 US ...

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, ...

Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly scaled back the metaverse initiative at Meta, with a former employee claiming the company’s ...

The OASIS Consortium, a think tank that brings together execs of metaverse platforms, published some of the first ...