Where Have All the Chief Metaverse Officers Gone?
Ball adds that the speed at which brands wanted to act, without a real plan or understanding of the space, created issues for its longevity: “There was definitely a lot …
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The Metaverse Was Supposed to Be Your New Office. You’re Still on Zoom
When Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta in 2021, he estimated the metaverse could reach a billion people over a decade. Not long after, Bill Gates predicted that within two …
Meta’s Reality Labs Had Its Best Quarter Yet, But is Still a Money Pit
Meta’s Reality Labs, the division responsible for its virtual reality endeavors, had its best quarter ever, but still lost more than $4 billion. Despite generating $1 billion in revenue, the …
UK Police Investigating Heinous Crime Happened In Metaverse
In what seems to be the first of its kind case, the British Police are investigating an alleged gang rape of a girl in a virtual reality game, New York …
Chinese mourners use AI to digitally resurrect the dead
At a quiet cemetery in eastern China, bereaved father Seakoo Wu pulls out his phone, places it on a gravestone and plays a recording of his son. They are words …
Istituto Marangoni Boosts Its Metaverse With AI-Powered Fashion Show – WWD
MILAN — “I feel we’ve stepped into fashion design 3.0,” said Istituto Marangoni’s managing director Stefania Valenti on Tuesday evening, when she presented a new digital format developed by the fashion and design …
Lacoste Ends Anniversary Year With Lemarié And The Sandbox Collaborations – WWD
CROCODILE ROCK: Lacoste is rounding out its 90th anniversary celebrations by looking to the past and the future. The French brand is unveiling an eight-piece capsule created in collaboration with …
Bay Area nonprofit Signal shows how bloated tech companies became
Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, during Day 1 of Web Summit 2023 at the Altice Arena in Lisbon, Portugal, Nov. 14, 2023. Sam Barnes/Sportsfile via Getty Images Signal, the messaging …
Automakers bet on more than just AI to make automobiles ‘gadget-like’
Chennai: It is not just AI, automakers are getting big on a number of technologies to make automobiles gadget-like, industry experts told ET. “The mix of 5G, cloud, and edge …