Nike Will Let People Design and Sell Sneakers for the Metaverse

November 15, 2022 Business Sales Department

Swoosh members will compete to create digital kicks with the brand’s design staff and bag a royalty cut. But not even Nike knows how it’s going to work. Wired

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5 challenges of taking college classes in the metaverse

September 19, 2022 Business Sales Department

More and more colleges are becoming “metaversities,” taking their physical campuses into a virtual online world, often called the “metaverse.” One initiative has 10 U.S. universities and colleges working with Meta, the parent company of Facebook, and virtual reality company VictoryXR to create 3D online replicas—sometimes called “digital twins“—of their campuses that are updated live […]

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The Best VR Headsets and Games to Explore the Metaverse

August 5, 2022 Business Sales Department

Diving into virtual reality is easier than ever—but here are a few key things to know. Wired

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Meta Puts the Metaverse Even Further Out of Reach

July 27, 2022 Business Sales Department

The company is raising the prices of its VR headsets by $ 100, creating another potential barrier to mass adoption of the technology. Wired

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How China Threatens to Splinter the Metaverse

July 19, 2022 Business Sales Department

In the future, the metaverse could be split into two: China and the rest of the world. Wired

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Meta makes another big move to distance its metaverse from Facebook

July 7, 2022 Business Sales Department

Mark Zuckerberg is putting some more distance between his most famous creation and his big bet on the future. On Thursday, Zuckerberg announced that starting next month, users of the Oculus Quest (now Meta) VR headset would no longer need a Facebook account to log in. Instead, he said, the company will roll out separate […]

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You can drive this Lamborghini to Mars—in the metaverse

April 5, 2022 Business Sales Department

Picture this: You’re on Mars. (You own a house there in this scenario.) The sun is setting on this otherworldly red planet, with the sky throwing incredible shades of brilliance in your eyes, blinding rays deflecting off the sheen of your rare Lamborghini. You cruise along, blasting DJ Steve Aoki tunes into the 95% carbon dioxide, 0.1% […]

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