Meta Platforms started 2026 by laying off around 1,500 employees in its Reality Labs division, a move that highlights the fading glow of its metaverse dreams amid billions in losses and a clear shift ...

However, the Metaverse is likely to be the next big wave in digital. Why? It encompasses and enables some of the working changes that are emerging post-pandemic, including hybrid working.

The OASIS Consortium, a think tank that brings together execs of metaverse platforms, published some of the first ...

The internet was not happy about the legs. Earlier this month, the company formerly known as Facebook unveiled its new virtual reality headset, the Meta Quest Pro. The $1,500 headset offered many new ...

The metaverse is no place for kids, according to a group of more than 70 advocates for children's rights and online privacy. Those concerned are asking Facebook's parent company, Meta, to abandon its ...

Facebook’s parent company, Meta, made a lot of money in its last financial quarter. However, its virtual reality and augmented reality division, Reality Labs, lost over $3 billion. That means that ...

Even by Facebook’s standards, 2021 was a rough year. A series of damning reports based on leaks from a whistleblower raised uncomfortable questions about Facebook’s impact on society; the company ...

The metaverse has been described as the next phase of the internet: interconnected and persistent 3D spaces where we will work, play, and, so it seems, purchase virtual real estate. But ...

A couple of weeks ago, Facebook announced the launch of the open beta version of Horizon Workrooms, a tool that will facilitate collaboration between members of a work team. However, there are still ...

The future of the metaverse looks shakier than anyone can imagine. Tech companies that have bought into the concept fully—like Facebook-turned-Meta and Disney—are facing the realities of building out ...

Although the metaverse has great potential to significantly expand the digital economy, it continues to raise legal issues pertaining to intellectual property (IP) rights, including trademark, patent, ...