52% of U.S. gamers believe the metaverse will change the game industry
About 52% of U.S. gamers believe the metaverse will change the game industry, according to a survey by tech services firm Globant and polling...
Animoca Brands completes $75M raise at $5.9B valuation to invest in blockchain games
Animoca Brands said it completed the second phase of a $75.3 million funding round from earlier this year that valued the company at $5.9...
Chip Morningstar interview: How the metaverse started with Habitat
The metaverse is all the rage today, and its lineage goes way back in gaming. The universe of connected virtual worlds might well become...
Hiber will use Ready Player Me avatars for its user-created worlds
Hiber has teamed up with avatar company Ready Player Me to bring cross-platform 3D avatars into the HiberWorld. Unlock premium content and VIP community...
Planetarium Labs raises $32M in Series A funding
Planetarium Labs has raised $32 million off a Series A funding round, led by Animoca Brands. Krust Universe, WeMade, and Samsung Next also joined...
Klang Games raises $41M to build Seed virtual world with AI beings
Klang Games has raised $41 million in funding to develop Seed, its player-built online universe. The company also announced Electronic Arts veteran Isabelle Henriques...
Atmos Labs is building a virtual world for sci-fi sports
Play-and-earn metaverse game and esports developer Atmos Labs recently raised $11 million in seed funding for Atmos, a competition-based virtual world set in a...
Mona raises $14.6M for metaverse platform for creators
Mona has raised $14.6 million to build a metaverse platform for 3D creators. It’s all about building worlds, not walls. Unlock premium content and...
Newzoo: More than 500 companies are building the metaverse
Over the course of a year, the number of companies working on the metaverse grew from 200 in July 2021 to more than 500...
Orlando will test if a physical city can be the center of the metaverse
Orlando wants to be the center of the metaverse. The Florida city has teamed up with Unity Technologies, the game engine maker, to create...