Children have been interacting in the metaverse for years – what parents need to know about keeping them safe: Frame Stock Footage/Shutterstock The metaverse sounds like it could be a scary place. Recent headlines have highlighted the dangers to children of the metaverse – a generic term for the range of online virtual worlds, developed …
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Five ways the metaverse could be revolutionary for people with disabilities: Frame Stock Footage The invention of the world wide web in 1989 eventually brought about life-changing tools for everyone who can access it. Some of these tools, such as online banking, shopping and communication, have vastly improved the accessibility of daily life for people …
Building the metaverse with open source: Building the metaverse with open source Liv Erickson Tue, 06/14/2022 – 03:00 1 reader likes this 1 reader likes this The word metaverse has been thrown around a lot these days. Whether you believe it’s a reality or not, the adoption of the term has signaled a significant shift …
Working in the metaverse: what virtual office life could look like: In the context of work, the digital divide has become less about access to devices and connectivity and more about skills and mindset. Many experienced professionals have never learned more than the rudimentary basics of email, web search and Microsoft Office. Instead, they lean …
Abba and Tupac in the metaverse: how digital avatars could be the bankable future of band touring: Matt Brown/Wikipedia, CC BY-SA It was a technological feat that made history, wowed audiences and brought a dead rapper back to life. In April 2012 at the Coachella festival in California, Tupac Shakur took to the stage with …
The metaverse doesn’t look as disruptive as it should, it looks ordinary – here’s why: Users explore metaverse platforms, like Decentraland, here pictured, with customised avatars. Eibriel | Wikimedia, CC BY-SA Virtual real estate is booming. In December 2021, one buyer spent US$ 450,000 (around £332,500) on a plot of land in rapper Snoop Dogg’s virtual …
Protecting children in the metaverse: it’s easy to blame big tech, but we all have a role to play: Newman Studio/Shutterstock In a recent BBC news investigation, a reporter posing as a 13-year-old girl in a virtual reality (VR) app was exposed to sexual content, racist insults and a rape threat. The app in question, …
Cryptocurrency, NFTs and the metaverse threaten an environmental nightmare – here’s how to avoid it: Cryptocurrency's environmental impact is raising concerns. Voytek Pavlik/Wikimedia As concerns rise and hearings are held in the US about the cryptocurrency industry’s effect on the environment, it’s time to address blockchain’s poor sustainability record. The first port of call should …
The metaverse: three legal issues we need to address: CKA/Shutterstock The “metaverse” seems to be the latest buzzword in tech. In general terms, the metaverse can be viewed as a form of cyberspace. Like the internet, it’s a world – or reality, even – beyond our physical world on Earth. The difference is that the …
How Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard takeover will drive metaverse gaming into the mass market: Ready Player 1,000,000,0001? Sergey Nivens Microsoft was positioning itself as one of the pioneers of the metaverse even before its US$ 75 billion deal to buy online gaming giant Activision Blizzard. In the days after Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook last October as …
A killer app for the metaverse? Fill it with AI avatars of ourselves – so we don’t need to go there: Ready avatar one? Athitat Shinagowin Big numbers coming. Microsoft’s US$ 75 billion (£55 billion) acquisition of Activision Blizzard has landed – true to Call of Duty vernacular – “like a bomb” on the US$ …
How to build an open source metaverse: If I told you that all content and software you need to build the metaverse is already available and completely free, would you do it? Hold that thought, and let’s take a step back and explain the metaverse. read more: Opensource.com jalmasi Supporting Open Source. Have you tried: …
Real estate in the metaverse is booming. Is it really such a crazy idea?: denisik11/Shutterstock The idea of spending thousands or even millions of dollars to buy fictitious “land” in a virtual world sounds, to be frank, absurd. But in recent months, we’ve seen significant investments in virtual land within the metaverse. PwC is among …
Bringing the metaverse to life: how I built a virtual reality for my students — and what I’ve learnt along the way: Author provided We’ve been hearing a lot recently about the metaverse – a vision for the internet which uses technology like virtual and augmented reality to integrate real and digital worlds. With Facebook …
Facebook, the metaverse and the monetisation of higher education: The metaverse promises overlap between real and digital worlds. vectorfusionart/Shutterstock The metaverse is a virtual world in which users, represented by an avatar, can shop, socialise, take part in leisure activities – and learn. Its development has become a priority for many tech companies, including Facebook …
Metaverse: how Facebook rebrand reflects a dangerous trend in growing power of tech monopolies: KoshiroK/Shutterstock Facebook’s rebranding as Meta has been seen by many as the company’s latest attempt at corporate crisis control. The social media giant has been publicly attacked for creating an environment that fosters far-right extremism and violating individuals’ data privacy. Yet …
Metaverse: five things to know – and what it could mean for you: Led Gapline/Shutterstock In the wake of Facebook rebranding as Meta, reflecting its focus on the “metaverse”, Microsoft has now announced it, too, will launch into this space. Meta has proposed that the metaverse will eventually allow us to engage across education, work …