NVCA: U.S. venture investments cooled down in Q1 after record 2021
Venture capital dealmaking activity and exits slowed in the first quarter after a record-breaking 2021, according to the Q1 2022 PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor. In...
Genies raises $150M at over $1B valuation for metaverse avatars
Metaverse avatar company Genies has raised $150 million at a valuation above $1 billion. Los Angeles-based Genies makes avatars that people can customize to...
How Syntropy wants to deliver the real-time metaverse
If anything will stop the metaverse from being an enjoyable experience, it’s latency. Latency is a measure of the delay that happens during interactions...
The Fabricant raises $14M to build the wardrobe for the metaverse
The Fabricant, a digital fashion house for the metaverse, has raised $14 million in a round of funding. The company is partnering with other...
Deloitte: Younger generations have one foot in the metaverse via gaming and social media
Deloitte said that younger generations are behaving in a way that suggests they will live their lives online and embrace the metaverse. The big...
MetaMetaverse aims to make the metaverse interoperable
Joel Dietz was a founding architect of MetaMask, the company that makes digital wallets for cryptocurrency trading. And now he has come out of...
Unity partners with Insomniac Events on immersive concerts
Unity has partnered with live music company Insomniac Events to create interactive and immersive online concerts. Under the partnership, Unity’s team is helping to...
The Evo 2022 lineup has been announced — where’s Marvel?
It’s been a year since Sony acquired Evo, one of the world’s biggest annual fighting game tournaments. That purchase led to fans fearing that...
World Economic Forum’s benchmark measures how media reflects diversity and inclusion; gaming lags
The World Economic Forum’s Power of Media Initiative has developed a first-of-its-kind Audience Representation Index, providing a benchmark for how well consumers see themselves...
Comcast: Internet traffic grew 11% in 2021 over pandemic-driven highs of 2020
Comcast said internet traffic on its cable modem network grew 11% in 2021 compared to the historic growth year of 2020. In 2020, the...