Top news of the week: 01.10.2022.
Could a digital twin of Tuvalu preserve the island nation before it’s lost to the collapsing climate?
With rising seas expected to submerge the nation by 2100, official says ‘we should always be able to remember Tuvalu as it is, before it disappears’
How Fortnite is the Antidote to Metaverse Skepticism
When the game's Battle Royale mode burst onto the scene on September 26 2017, just two months after the core Save the World mode launched, I was happy to write off Epic's latest …
Walmart Enters the Roblox Metaverse
The American retail giant Walmart has officially entered the metaverse. Today, Monday September 26th, two experiences called Walmart Land and Walmart Universe of Play will debut on the ...
VRAI wants to tackle the energy crisis by bringing VR simulation training to offshore wind sector
VRAI wants to tackle the snowballing energy crisis by extending its simulated VR training platform to the offshore wind industry.
Facebook scrambles to escape stock’s death spiral as users flee, sales drop
Meta has lost about two-thirds of its value since peaking last year as the business continues to get pummeled on multiple fronts.
How to Build a Metaverse, Part 2: Avatars Behaving Badly
When Second Life officially launched in 2003, it had one guiding principle for all new users: Be Nice. But those users showed up with their own ideas about how to behave in a virtual world. ...
The era of Big Tech moonshots is over. Amazon, Google, Facebook, and Microsoft are pulling back on ambitious, risky long-term projects after many of them failed.
Big Tech companies are scaling back or shutting down pie-in-the-sky projects as costs and immediacy become major concerns.
PUBG’s Creator Teases Earth-sized Metaverse & NFTs
The creator of PUBG, a popular first-person battle royale game, has revealed his next title, and it’s bound to stir some controversy. The game, called Artemis, will incorporate aspects of ...