Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It’s now two years since Facebook changed its name to Meta, ushering in a ...
Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI, XR and The Metaverse for Forbes. With Crypto back in the news, interest in the Metaverse, ...
Meta Platforms is accelerating its pivot away from the metaverse, just over four years after the Facebook owner changed its ...

What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.
Meta (META) hasn’t given up on the metaverse, despite a very public pivot to artificial intelligence. “Our investments in AI continue. We remain fully committed to the Metaverse vision as well. We've ...
May 14 (Reuters) - Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab will discontinue its work-focused Workplace app as the company shifts its focus on building artificial intelligence and metaverse technologies ...
More than 1,000 Meta employees — the ones who brought you the metaverse — are now looking for work.
Mark Zuckerberg bet tens of billions of dollars on the “metaverse” only to be mocked for the idea of an immersive virtual-reality social network at every turn. When all is said and done, his promise ...
[Editors’ Note: This story was originally published on Oct. 26. On Oct. 28, Zuckerberg followed up on the announcement covered in this article with the news that the larger Facebook organization would ...
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More Xsolla founder Shurick Agapitov unveiled his vision for the metaverse in ...