After changing its name and going all-in on virtual reality, Meta is scaling back its metaverse operations. But that could be ...

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

Meta may have scrapped its Horizons Worlds platform, but new spaces are emerging where companies can gather unprecedented insights on customer behavior and intention.

What failed as consumer hype is reemerging as infrastructure for AI agents, autonomous transactions, and machine-to-machine ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The metaverse has captured the attention of tech developers, marketers, and users alike. Envisioned as the digital world of the ...

Adams County’s public library system, Anythink Libraries, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Anythink World, the world’s first virtual library metaverse, an innovative digital branch that ...

Meta is sticking with its VR division and plans to invest more in new hardware in the future. Smart glasses sales have more ...

Meta’s earnings beat expectations, but investors question whether its $135 billion AI push will pay off after metaverse losses and rising competition.

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

Meta is pulling back from its once-central virtual reality ambitions, as mounting losses and weakening demand force the company to rethink its strategy.

The metaverse has entered its flop era as tech companies switch their focus to artificial intelligence. That’s forced venture capitalist Matthew Ball to course correct too, by slapping a new title on ...

In a leaked memo obtained by BI, Meta's CTO called 2025 "the year of greatness" and the "most critical" year for the ...