The Sandbox Pledges $50m to Metaverse Startups

The Sandbox, a community-driven eCommerce Metaverse, announced this week a programme to support startups seeking to develop solutions on its platform. We are thrilled to announce the launch of The Sandbox Metaverse Accelerator Program, in partnership with @1Thesandbox – a dedicated @LaunchpadLuna track to invest USD$50M to 100 startups that are enhancing the open metaverse! […]

RIP Oculus: Meta Confirms Oculus As Meta Quest 2

Oculus headset fans are ‘mourning’ the loss of the device’s longstanding brand name as Meta Platforms Inc, the parent company of the virtual reality (VR) manufacturer, has changed it to the Meta Quest 2. In a tweet on Wednesday, the world’s top-selling consumer VR headset rebranded to the Meta Quest 2, reflecting a list of […]

Crypto and the Future of Business: A Primer

Curious about how Web 3.0 will affect businesses? Wondering why your business should pay attention? To dig deeper into the impact of non-fungible tokens (NFTs), social tokens, decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and the metaverse on creators, entrepreneurs, and marketers. I interview Joel Comm.

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Twitter Shares New Insights into the Rising K-Pop Discussion in the App [Infographic]

The K-pop discussion on Twitter continued to rise in 2021.

Twitter Shares New Insights into Rising Discussion Around the NFL Playoffs [Infographic]

Looking to link into the rising discussion around the Super Bowl? Check out these new insights from Twitter.

Snapchat Renews Content Deals with Disney, Viacom and NBCUniversal, Securing Exclusive Programming for the Platorm

The new deals will see Snapchat continue to air exclusive, publisher-originated content in Discover.

LinkedIn Announces the Retirement of its LinkedIn Lite App

As more users switch over the full version, LinkedIn’s removing its pared-back variation.

Meta’s New AI Supercomputer Could Help Improve Its VR & AR Tracking

Meta claims its new AI supercomputer will be the fastest in the world.

The company says RSC will “create more accurate AI models for our existing services” and “enable completely new user experiences, especially in the metaverse”.

VR Gamescast: Saints & Sinners 2 Revealed, Wanderer Review, Zenith MMO Impressions

Zenith Review-In-Progress: A VR MMO That Delivers?

Zenith might be a more traditional take on the VR MMO than you’re expecting, but it’s got some great ideas and foundations to help it go the distance.

Here’s the beginnings of our review, with more to come!