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Investors are not yet won over by the metaverse, but if Zuckerberg succeeds in selling his dream it could revive the company
Graphics software could slash costs for Japanese group across its music, movie and gaming businesses
Deal values Fortnite maker at $31.5bn as groups battle competition from Microsoft
The technology has got me working out every evening for weeks. Is VR fitness a revolution in waiting?
H2L’s tech will enable users to feel senses when they are in a virtual world as companies pile into sector
Demand for interactive, personalised learning means the days of the ‘sage on the stage’ are numbered
The virtual world of the Super Bowl video is a radical vision of the future, but also quite a chilling one
It is unclear how employee protections apply in the universal digital realm. What counts as harassment? And can an avatar be discriminated against?
Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard underscores importance of new model
The techno-philosopher on meaningful life in the metaverse, building virtual utopias and why the ‘corporatocracies’ are becoming part of our brains
Slide in market value reflects multiple pressures closing in
Millions are being invested in virtual property — but what do you get for your money in reality?
Meta hopes to use tiny human expressions to create virtual world of personalised ads
US officials sit down with Russian diplomats in Geneva today to reduce security tensions
Boom expected in ‘picks and shovels’ underpinning technologies such as headsets, sensors and chips
David Chalmers’ rich and occasionally outlandish work of ‘technophilosophy’ argues that virtual reality is genuine reality
What happens when virtual personas go on interacting with others even after the person they are based on is gone?
Synthetic data company AI. Reverie will work within group’s Reality Labs division
Mark Zuckerberg’s pale, robotic avatar pushed a future made of virtual reality into public consciousness
Former deputy PM talks to FT's Henry Mance in avatar form about the role, influence and future of Meta, formerly Facebook
Internal memo from Andrew Bosworth lays out the scale of the challenge
Gaming company offers access to its augmented reality technology
Evidence from Second Life, an earlier virtual world, suggests that immersion can stimulate leadership skills
#techFT talks to an occupational psychologist about the pros and cons of blending the physical and virtual worlds
Office workers will decide which tech giant dominates the more immersive virtual world
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