Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to ...

The metaverse has captured the attention of tech developers, marketers, and users alike. Envisioned as the digital world of the future, it promises a space where individuals can operate, communicate, ...

In the dystopian sci-fi novel and film "Ready Player One," future humans spend much of their lives in the OASIS, a virtual reality wonderland in which "the limits of reality are your own imagination." ...

The police in the UK are currently investigating a virtual rape in the metaverse involving a young girl under the age of 16 who was sexually attacked by a gang of adult men in an immersive video game.

Meta is laying off 1,500 Reality Labs employees, shifting focus from the metaverse to AI-powered wearables like the Ray-Ban smart glasses.

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on. Late last year, ...

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.

The metaverse is a shared space for virtual interaction, where people can interact through realistic avatars representing alter egos. Yet as with many types of virtual venues, the potential for ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cortney Harding is an expert in VR, AI, and the future of work. Just under three years later, Bloomberg is reporting that Meta ...

Meta is planning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from its Reality Labs division as the company shifts focus from the metaverse to ...

When Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook as Meta in 2021, he estimated the metaverse could reach a billion people over a decade. Not long after, Bill Gates predicted that within two or three years ...

In the dystopian sci-fi novel and film “Ready Player One,” future humans spend much of their lives in the OASIS, a virtual reality wonderland in which “the limits of reality are your own imagination.” ...