Some apps in the virtual-reality metaverse are "dangerous by design", the NSPCC has warned in response to a BBC News investigation. A researcher posing as a 13-year-old girl witnessed grooming ...

The metaverse, a virtual world where you can do everything you can do in real life, is a hot topic of discussion. For example, Facebook recently announced its plans to invest US$150 million in ...

Broadly speaking, the metaverse is defined as a virtual world, or an extension of the physical world using computing technology. In other words, rather than simply viewing something (a live ...

Metaverse is a word on everyone’s lips right now, it seems. A French startup called Mainbot, incubated at Ecole Polytechnique, has just announced the creation of its own metaverse, the ...

The Metaverse represents the next evolution of the internet, where people can interact with other people and a computer-generated environment in real time. It is a blend of various virtual worlds ...

Imagine a day when, despite being thousands of miles apart, you and your grandchildren can put on visorlike headsets and “walk” together through a digital version of the Smithsonian, Times ...

The April 11 announcement comes soon after Lego and Epic Games revealed a partnership to build a metaverse for kids. Tim Sweeney, CEO and founder of Epic Games, said, “This investment will ...

The metaverse virtual reality ecosystem will be ... which is accessible through Quest headsets. Any parent of kids under 18 are already familiar with the blockbuster virtual reality world-building ...

So will the logical next step be working in the metaverse, the planned virtual universe where cartoon-like 3D representations of everyone will walk around, and talk and interact with others?

The metaverse is set to connect consumers, companies and capital together in a new virtual reality where the limits of the real-world don’t apply, potentially unlocking opportunities across ...