Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon ...

Soon after announcing that Horizon Worlds would be discontinued, Meta has taken a sharp U-turn. Here's what that means for ...

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

After years of hype and tens of billions of dollars in spending, Mark Zuckerberg's vision for the metaverse appears to be drawing to a close. Meta has scaled back its once-ambitious plans for a fully ...

The metaverse is poised to shift the fundamental way humans interact with each other. Understanding this emerging landscape is vital for organizations. Over the next 20 years, the metaverse has the ...

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 Platforms (NasdaqGS:META) is cutting about 700 roles, largely in its Reality Labs hardware organization. The company is ...

Meow Wolf has tapped Matthew Henick as its new chief executive, the immersive art collective announced Tuesday, handing the ...

Add Futurism (opens in a new tab) Adding us as a Preferred Source in Google by using this link indicates that you would like to see more of our content in Google News results. The metaverse has ...

TOKYO, April 7, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- transcosmos today announced that it highlighted key perspectives on creator education in the XR era, drawing on Roblox as an example platform, ...

Meta is laying off several hundred employees across key divisions — including Facebook and its Reality Labs unit — as it overhauls the company for the artificial intelligence era. The layoffs also ...

It’s either the next evolution of the internet or the latest corporate buzzword to get investors excited over some nebulous innovation that may not even come to pass over the next decade. Either way, ...