Reflections on the sunset of AltspaceVR

AltspaceVR was a virtual reality platform that allowed users to socialise, collaborate, and create content through 3D avatars. The platform provided an immersive environment for people to explore their creativity and connect with others worldwide. Microsoft announced they will “sunset” …

The Advancement of AI Bosses

In 2022 NetDragon Websoft, a Chinese metaverse company, appointed an AI-powered virtual humanoid robot, Tang Yu, as its CEO, making her the first robot ever to hold an executive role. The AI Boss has truly arrived. The term “AI Boss” …

Ethereum co-founder says Meta “will misfire” on the Metaverse

Vitalik Buterin, the Ethereum co-founder, has ignited the debate between centralised and decentralised metaverses with his comments on Twitter. Speaking about the future of the Metaverse in a conversation with Dean Eigenmann, Buterin expressed doubts about the corporate creation …

The Game-Changing Potential of Sorare in the Metaverse

Sorare is a fantasy soccer game that has been gaining traction in the Metaverse community. It allows users to trade, collect and manage their virtual football team using blockchain technology and Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). The platform is based on Ethereum’s …

Microsoft Activision Blizzard, the making of a Metaverse Empire

The deal to purchase Activision Blizzard for $69 Billion is Microsoft’s biggest acquisition yet in the gaming industry. With this acquisition, Microsoft will become the world’s third-largest games company after Tencent and Sony. But the deal goes beyond gaming and …

Virtual property, increase your Metaverse Real Estate

Interest in the Metaverse investment has increased exponentially in the last few months. With Facebook announcing their change of name to Meta, the term “metaverse” hit the mainstream. Fuelled by the Metaverse’s growing popularity experts in the industry say …

McDonald’s Enter the Metaverse will users reject commercialisation

McDonald’s, which operates in 40,000 locations worldwide, has filed ten patent applications for its restaurants and McCafe related to the Metaverse. Trademark attorney Josh Gerben announced the move in a tweet titled “McDonald’s is headed to the metaverse”. …

Blackrock Tips The Metaverse

Global Investment Company BlackRock expects 2022 to be a significant year for the Metaverse economy, with several innovative products expected to be launched in the coming months. As a major tip to Metaverse’s growth potential, they have speculated that …

J.P. Morgan the first Metaverse Bank releases White Paper

J.P. Morgan has become the first Wall Street bank to open in the Metaverse, having launched an investors lounge called Onyx in Decentraland, a decentralised Metaverse platform. The Onyx Lounge is built-in the Metajuku part of Decentraland. It …

The Billion Dollar Metaverse Race

You might be forgiven for thinking the Metaverse started with Facebook’s change of name to Meta. Certainly, the unexpected move by Mark Zuckerberg helped bring the term “metaverse” into mainstream dialect, but the roots of the Metaverse go back …