The metaverse’s *really* early adopters

People love to speculate — occasionally, cough, in the pages of this newsletter — about the metaverse. They ponder what it’ll be like, why people will use it, and how it will be governed, all in some far-off ethereal future. But actually there’s already a metaverse, and already quite a few people …

Author: By DEREK ROBERTSON

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Web3 Marketing Agency: The Ultimate Guide to Boost Your Business in the Metaverse

Web3 Marketing Agency is a marketing agency that specializes in the promotion of products and services in the Web3 ecosystem. The Web3 ecosystem …

Author: Melinda Barber

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The Hopes and Horrors of the Metaverse Were in Focus at CES 2023

Web3 developments were out in force at the conference, as exhibitors attempted to lure conference attendees into the metaverse. Next-level VR, and …

Author: Alys Key

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A Meeting Of Two Worlds: Gaming In The Metaverse | Entrepreneur

When it comes to emerging technologies, we can't miss out on the metaverse, powered by disruptive VR technologies, that has given a whole new realistic experience to the gaming world. The 2018 science fiction film Ready Player One, based on Ernest Cline's novel of the same name gave us a glimpse of …

Author: Kabir Singh Bhandari

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Will interoperable avatars be essential for the open metaverse? | Timmu Tõke

Back in February, Ready Player Me launched an experimental trial where players can use generative AI to craft their own avatar outfits in a variety of games. That combined the explosive trends of generative AI and user-generated content, and the New York company hopes this will lead us to the open …

Author: Dean Takahashi

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Is the metaverse dying?

Maybe the metaverse isn't the next big thing after all. Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg rebranded his company in 2021 to "Meta," with a promise that …

Author: Joel Mathis

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Gucci is designing phygital goods for Bored Ape’s metaverse world

The latest step in Gucci’s metaverse storytelling is an ongoing partnership with Bored Ape Yacht Club parent company Yuga Labs, including a …

Author: Maghan McDowell

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The Internet Is Ruined. The Metaverse Can Still Be Saved

In this nascent stage, there are opportunities for virtual worlds to avoid the mistakes of the past. The future of the metaverse looks shakier than …

Author: Megan Farokhmanesh

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What could bloom in the metaverse winter

It looks like kind of a bad week for the metaverse. The Walt Disney Company laid off the roughly 50 employees of its metaverse division yesterday, sparking a renewed bout of hand-wringing about the nascent virtual world’s fate. The Wall Street Journal dubbed it the “Meh-taverse.” We’ve covered the …

Author: By DEREK ROBERTSON

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