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 ...

一般社団法人Metaverse Japan（メタバースジャパン）が3月14日に発足した。VRや暗号資産、通信、電機メーカーなど複数の業界から有識者が参画した。「メタバース領域で業界や企業の垣根を越えて最先端の情報や世界観を広く共有し、Web3時代に世界に日本の力 ...

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is dropping VR support for its flagship metaverse world, which it launched in 2021 as part of the company's big gamble on virtual worlds. Meta Platforms will shut down its ...

To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

A visitor experiences an immersive art installation titled "Machine Hallucinations Space: Metaverse" by Refik Anadol at the Digital Art Fair Asia, showcasing digital and NFT art on Oct. 4 in Hong Kong ...

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well. Now it seems as though Meta has partially reversed its decision, with CTO Andrew ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

Meta’s latest developer update delivers a quiet but major shift in strategy: the company is moving its metaverse ambitions away from virtual reality and focusing almost entirely on mobile experiences.

When Facebook changed its name to Meta a few years ago, the idea was that the VR metaverse would become a huge pillar for the company. I think we can safely say that's not going to happen. On its ...