The term "Metaverse," coined by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, describes a three-dimensional ...

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, ...

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...

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 ...

The metaverse uses virtual reality and augmented reality to virtually transport you to a different place, or world. Accessing the metaverse is as simple as putting on a virtual reality headset and ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI and XR for Forbes. With Crypto back in the news, interest in the Metaverse, ignored for the ...

The metaverse exploded into the public consciousness in October 2021 as Facebook, Inc. changed its name to "Meta" and announced multibillion-dollar investments in metaverse technologies. Despite the ...

Meta spent billions of dollars on a VR playground with the goal of becoming the new way people use the internet. But the ...

It is easy to make predictions, and even easier to critique those that others made in the past. Case in point: Gartner predicted in 2022 that by 2026 (yes, that's this year), 25% of the population ...

Meta plans to cut its metaverse budget by roughly 30% to prioritize AI spending. Reality Labs has spent tens of billions over recent years. Meta shares recently fell more than 25% from peak levels.

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.