Metaverse
Meta Avatars Finally Get Legs on Quest
Meta released a Quest software update via its public test channel (PTC), which lets users opt-in to try new features before they're pushed out...
Meta Reaffirms Commitment to Metaverse Vision, Has No Plans to Slow Billions in Reality...
Meta announced its latest quarterly results, revealing that the company's Reality Labs metaverse division is again reporting a loss of nearly $4 billion. The...
Report: Meta to Open ‘Horizon Worlds’ to Younger Teens Amid Renewed Retention Push
Meta's social VR app for Quest, Horizon Worlds, is lagging behind the competition when it comes to attracting and retaining VR users. According to...
Meta’s First Step Toward a Proper Metaverse: Avatars That Can “travel between” Two Platforms
Meta says it plans to connect Horizon Worlds and Crayta in 'meaningful ways' which will bring the first inkling of cross-platform interoperability to the...
NVIDIA Explains Why it Believes a Pixar-invented Protocol is the “HTML of the metaverse”
NVIDIA, one of the tech sector's power players, is pushing the Universal Scene Description protocol as the foundation of interoperable content and experiences in...
Meta Planning Web-based Version of ‘Horizon Worlds’ With Lower Creator Fees Than Its VR...
Meta announced earlier this week it would eventually allow creators to sell items on its social VR platform, Horizon Worlds, adding that the company would...
Genies Secures $150M Series C to Expand Development on Metaverse Avatars
Genies, a 3D avatar company, announced it's raised a $150 million Series C investment, something it says will be used to hire more engineering talent...
Meta Plans to Take Nearly 50% of Creator’s Earnings in ‘Horizon Worlds’
This week Meta announced that it was beginning to test selling tools so that creators can sell things inside of Horizon Worlds and earn real money....
Meta Begins Testing Selling Tools in ‘Horizon Worlds’ With the Long Term Goal of...
Meta announced today it is enabling new in-world monetization tools for a "handful" of creators in Horizon Worlds. The tools will allow them to...
