Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality ...

Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

Once touted as the future of the internet, it appeared that the metaverse had been finally relegated to the graveyard of technological promises that never came to be. But news of its demise might have ...

Meta Platforms Inc. will pull Horizon Worlds from its Quest virtual reality headsets after March 2026, ending the VR version ...

The metaverse—a digital realm in which people connect, work and socialize—is gaining momentum at warp speed. This online universe, accessed through tech like virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality ...

Mark Zuckerberg spent years insisting the metaverse was the next chapter of the internet, but the bill for that bet has finally come due. After roughly $70 billion in cumulative losses tied to virtual ...

Before generative AI shook everything up, the metaverse was the next big thing. Now, it's "AI and the metaverse." For those with short attention spans, a social media company named Facebook changed ...

When you think of the metaverse, you may picture a person playing a video game while wearing a bulky headset that covers most of their face. It’s not surprising that digital gaming is one of the early ...