To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

ZDNET explores the ways that the metaverse is coming to life and how it will change the nature of work -- and maybe everything else, too. Read now These technologies and their developing successors, ...

We may think we know what it means to work virtually, but the online workplace is evolving into nothing we’ve ever experienced before. Processing Content The metaverse — a collection of virtual ...

ITHACA, N.Y. – For many technology enthusiasts, the metaverse has the potential to transform almost every facet of human life, from work to education to entertainment. Now, new Cornell University ...

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The metaverse – a virtual space in which users interact with others in a computer-generated environment – has been a hot topic since Facebook changed its name to Meta back in 2021. This signaled its ...

When you think of the metaverse, you may picture a person playing a video game while wearing a bulky headset that covers most of their face. It’s not surprising that digital gaming is one of the early ...

Steve Benford receives funding from UKRI, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, EU, Unilever, BBC and Microsoft. In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the “metaverse”, Microsoft has now ...