Top news of the week: 18.10.2022.
What If the Metaverse Is Better Without Virtual Reality?
Plus: How Mark Zuckerberg fell in love with VR, the fake future of documentaries, and Armageddon.
Bain predicts gaming will grow 50% to $300 billion in 5 years
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Former Everyrealm execs sue company for sexual harassment, race discrimination
The a16z-backed metaverse real estate startup is facing new harassment allegations in lawsuits from two of its former executives
Notes from the IAPP Editorial Director, Oct. 14, 2022
IAPP Editorial Director Jedidiah Bracy recaps a busy Privacy. Security. Risk. conference in Austin, Texas, Oct. 14, 2022.
The DeanBeat: GamesBeat Summit Next 2022’s packed agenda — 103 speakers and a troublemaker
Here's the action-packed agenda for the GamesBeat Summit Next 2022 event on Oct. 25-26, with speakers like Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson.
Patent Poetry: Fortnite Dance Moves Don’t Infringe Copyright
A federal district court in California has dismissed a choreographer’s claims against Epic Games Inc. based on dance moves in Epic’s Fortnite video...
Floridi Wins Italy’s Highest Honor
Luciano Floridi, Professor of Philosophy and Ethics of Information at the University of Oxford, Director of the Digital Ethics Lab of the Oxford Internet Institute, and Distinguished ...
“Wavy Baby” Case Tests Definition of an Expressive Work
Is the Wavy Baby a sneaker or a comment on “sneaker culture”? A commercial product or a collectible artwork? This is the most recent variation on a...