According to the metaverse white paper, if metaverse technology starts in 2022, it will contribute $3.01 trillion to global GDP by 2031. The report also claims that a third ($1.04 trillion) will ...

Disney’s stock price dropped 2.44% over the past five days, hitting $95.27. The company’s former chief executive, Bob Chapek, hired White in February 2022, telling employees in an internal ...

To build metaverse opportunities, you need people in place. Disney has shown it is working on this with the appointment of its first “metaverse executive”, Mike White, to start building the ...

Neal Stephenson‘s Lamina1 blockchain technology startup dropped a white paper today on building the open metaverse. It’s quite the manifesto. In the document, the company said its mission is ...

VRROOM, a leading XR platform, is launching its social XR platform with a free concert by Armani White in the metaverse. The event marks a milestone for VRROOM, empowering creators and audiences ...

Disney laid off its entire metaverse team, which included around 50 people, in recent cuts. It's the latest firm to abandon its metaverse ambitions, despite assembling a team just a year ago.

What's more, recruiter Nash Squared's recent IT leadership report revealed that 26% of digital leaders are at least actively considering the metaverse. Bev White, CEO at Nash Squared, said in an ...

Horizon Worlds, Meta's Metaverse, has three main categories of experiences. Hang Out is for static worlds to interact with other users. Play is for playing video games by yourself or others in VR.

Through the metaverse, ... Luther King Jr.’s 1963 “I Have a Dream” speech in Washington, or see the Little Rock Nine as they entered an all-white high school in Arkansas in 1957.

After this white-knuckle ride through cyberspace, my life offline feels all the more pedestrian. Literally: We don’t have a car, so we have to walk everywhere. In the morning, my wife and I walk ...