Well, there goes the metaverse!

The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ...
Psychology Today

The Metaverse Is Gone for Good — Or Is It?

Tech visionaries sold us the bizarre idea of a ubiquitous metaverse. While we stay in the real world, glued to our phones, ...

What Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse U-turn means for the future of virtual reality

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and ...

What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.
NPR

What happened to VR and the metaverse?

Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.
Itemlive

Cricket in the Metaverse: The First Virtual Tournaments with Real Prizes

A grounded, human-written look at how metaverse cricket is evolving into a competitive space with real rewards.
CNN

The metaverse is cooked, and Wall Street couldn’t be happier

A version of this story will appear in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook shot up 7% early Thursday in ...

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, its next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Meta will also close three VR development studios as part of the cuts: Resident Evil 4 VR developer Armature Studios, ...