Metaverse Platform ‘The Sandbox’ Said to Double Down on India-Related Initiatives: Details

Metaverse Platform ‘The Sandbox’ Said to Double Down on India-Related Initiatives: Details

The Sandbox, a metaverse platform based in Hong Kong, has put its India expansion plan at the top of its priorities. In the next two years, The Sandbox is looking to make India its largest market. Despite having crypto and NFTs as elements of its operational ecosystem, the metaverse platform…

JP Morgan Looking Forward to Testing ‘Immersive Training Applications’ of Metaverse

JP Morgan Looking Forward to Testing ‘Immersive Training Applications’ of Metaverse

The world of banking is gearing up to explore the use cases of up-and-coming technologies like Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the metaverse to benefit their present working conditions. JP Morgan, for instance, is excitedly looking to try out immersive training applications for new bank staff members, all through the metaverse…

Growing Metaverse Platform Zep Chooses Near Protocol to Create Games, Boost Userbase

Growing Metaverse Platform Zep Chooses Near Protocol to Create Games, Boost Userbase

South Korean metaverse platform Zep announced a new partnership with Near Protocol. Using the Layer-1 blockchain platform Near Protocol, Zep aims to create online games in the metaverse ecosystem and onboard more users onto its platform. Zep is a joint venture between online game developer Supercat and creator platform Zepeto….

Microsoft Shuts Industrial Metaverse Project Airsim to Focus on AI, Lays Off Team Members

Microsoft Shuts Industrial Metaverse Project Airsim to Focus on AI, Lays Off Team Members

Microsoft, earlier this week, sent an internal message to select team members notifying them that it was pulling down the shutters on its Airsim project. This industrial metaverse project was preparing to use AI-based drone simulation software to be part of its industrial metaverse vision. As per Microsoft’s blog published…

Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies

Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies

Mark Zuckerberg went bullish on the metaverse tech when he rebranded Facebook to Meta in September 2021. Despite incurring back-to-back losses in its metaverse-dedicated unit, Zuckerberg has kept his faith on this branch of emerging technology intact. On September 28, the 39-year-old CEO appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber…

Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web

Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web

Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg is gradually expanding the accessibility of the ‘Meta Horizon Worlds’ platform to smartphones from being limited to virtual reality (VR) headsets. Launched in December 2021, Meta Horizon Worlds is a 3D avatar-based social platform for VR that offers metaverse experience to its users. By bringing…

British Museum Steps into Metaverse, Partners With The Sandbox: All Details

British Museum Steps into Metaverse, Partners With The Sandbox: All Details

The British Museum, based in London, is ready to step into the world of metaverse. The home of Britain’s history since the mid-eighteenth century will now have an address in The Sandbox, a platform that provides a fully functional virtual universe that lets entities exist as avatars. The entry of…

Crypto, Metaverse Threats as Serious as Those Around Dynamite: Home Minister Amit Shah

Crypto, Metaverse Threats as Serious as Those Around Dynamite: Home Minister Amit Shah

India’s Home Minister Amit Shah has compared threats around crypto and metaverse to be as serious as those around dynamite explosions or hawala cases. Shah was addressing a meeting of the G20 when he said that a common strategy is needed at a global level to deal with the threat…

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Off Apple Vision Pro, Says Meta Quest Headsets Are ‘Accessible and Affordable’

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Off Apple Vision Pro, Says Meta Quest Headsets Are ‘Accessible and Affordable’

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday told employees that while Apple’s mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision of the future, according to US media reports. Zuckerberg’s comments came during the first all-hands gathering at its Silicon Valley campus since the pandemic, and just days after…