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Sony faces deep-pocketed rivals in war over future of gaming

Sam Nussey, Reuters
Posted at Jan 19 07:44 PM

Sony's shares slumped 13 percent on Wednesday amid concern Activision titles would be pulled from PlayStation systems. Read more »

Meta-works: Online universe becomes lab for real-life products

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 13 01:21 PM

From sneakers sketched in the virtual world but produced in the real one-- the barrier between digital and tangible is thinning. Read more »

Metaverse gets touch of reality at CES

Julie Jammmot, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 07 03:10 PM

A jacket equipped with sensors that let wearers feel hugs or even punches in virtual reality was among the innovations giving the metaverse a more realistic edge at the Consumer Electronics Show. Read more »

Alibaba bets on virtual meetings in metaverse with AR glasses

South China Morning Post
Posted at Jan 07 01:17 PM

DingTalk, the workplace app developed by Alibaba Group Holding, plans to launch new augmented reality (AR) glasses so users can conduct virtual meetings, in the tech giant’s latest move to stake out a claim in the metaverse. Read more »

Chinese tech giant Baidu tests metaverse waters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 28 04:37 AM

New app XiRang, which means "Land of Hope" can be accessed from a smartphone, computer or through virtual-reality goggles. Read more »

'Metaverse' hype fuels booming digital property market

Katy Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Dec 05 01:47 PM

The idea of spending millions on non-existent land may sound ludicrous, but feverish predictions of a virtual reality future are pushing investors to bet big on digital real estate. Read more »

Virtual real estate plot sells for record $2.4 million

Elizabeth Howcroft, Reuters
Updated as of Nov 24 09:11 AM

A patch of virtual real estate in the online world Decentraland sold for a record $2.4 million worth of cryptocurrency, the buyer crypto investor Tokens.com and Decentraland said on Tuesday. Read more »

Peter Jackson sells Weta Digital tech assets for $1.6-B

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 12 07:27 AM

New Zealand film director Peter Jackson announced the sale of his Oscar-winning Weta Digital special effects business to a US software firm. Read more »

Facebook whistleblower ‘extremely’ worried by metaverse

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Nov 11 07:03 AM

Facebook "wants to fill our environment with sensors, microphones, other kinds of ways of monitoring us", says a former Facebook engineer. Read more »

Nvidia doubles down on software for 'metaverse'

Stephen Nellis, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 09 05:50 PM

Nvidia Corp on Tuesday released a set of tools for software developers aimed at helping them create a "metaverse" of three-dimensional virtual worlds. Read more »

Facebook to continue supporting users, businesses

ABS-CBN News
Updated as of Nov 09 08:32 PM

Facebook’s name change to Meta is part of its long-term strategy to grow more channels that are focused on technology such as virtual reality. Read more »

Facebook whistleblower Haugen urges Zuckerberg to step down

Reuters
Posted at Nov 02 08:22 AM

In her first public address since she leaked a trove of damaging documents about Facebook's inner workings, whistleblower Frances Haugen urged her former boss, Mark Zuckerberg, to step down and allow change rather than devoting resources to a rebrand. Read more »

Whistleblower blasts Facebook's Meta rebrand

Katy Lee, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Nov 02 06:27 AM

Whistleblower Frances Haugen issued a stinging rebuke of Facebook's "Meta" rebrand, accusing the company of yet again prioritizing expansion. Read more »

THE DAY IN PHOTOS: October 29, 2021

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Oct 30 12:15 AM

Here are the day's top stories in photos. Read more »

New name for Facebook

Carlos Barria, Reuters
Updated as of Oct 29 10:33 AM

Facebook rebranded itself as Meta to reflect its focus on the virtual world, the metaverse, amidst the controversy surrounding leaked documents that have plunged it into its biggest crisis. Read more »

'Very... meta': Twitter cracks up over Facebook rebrand

Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Oct 29 08:26 AM

Facebook's announcement Thursday that the company would henceforth be called Meta unleashed a torrent of hilarity on Twitter. Read more »

Facebook invests billions in metaverse efforts as ad business slows

Elizabeth Culliford and Nivedita Balu, Reuters
Posted at Oct 26 08:14 AM

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty." Read more »

Social media churns with new names for Facebook

Nivedita Balu and Antonio Denti, Reuters
Posted at Oct 21 09:04 AM

Zuckerverse. Timesuck. Faceplant. Bookface, Facegram, Facetagram, FreeFace, FreeTalk, World Changer. Boomerville. Read more »

EXPLAINER-What is the 'metaverse'?

Agence France Presse
Posted at Oct 20 03:42 PM

Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name that focuses on the metaverse, the Verge reported on Tuesday. Read more »

Facebook plans to change its name - The Verge

Reuters
Posted at Oct 20 11:40 AM

Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week to reflect its focus on building the metaverse, the Verge reported. Read more »