Metaverse startups must heed the mistakes of the past 40 years of virtual worlds
When it comes to the development of the metaverse, we think of companies like Epic Games with Fortnite and Roblox with its huge world,...
How the metaverse can shake up storytelling with transmedia characters
The metaverse isn’t just an opportunity for a new kind of social world. It can give players a chance to create stories over multiple...
Cyberpunk creator Mike Pondsmith: We’re not ready for real-world braindancing
Cyberpunk 2077 introduced another take on virtual reality when it launched late last year. Braindancing (the downloading of data from an experience to view...
Now is the time to experiment with virtual reality design
The pandemic has caused a surge in virtual reality sales and use. With everyone forced to stay at home due to worldwide lockdowns, there...
RP1 debuts a scalable platform for the ‘shardless’ metaverse
The metaverse won’t be very fun if you can only see 100 people at a time, like in a battle royale game. You should...
Crucible is creating agents to keep the metaverse open
If you want to cruise around the metaverse in the future, you might do it with multiple digital identities, or agents. And if that...
Tim Sweeney: The open metaverse requires companies to have enlightened self-interest
Twenty years ago, at the dawn of the Xbox era, Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney convinced Bill Gates to spend a billion dollars on...
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki believes users will create the metaverse
Roblox CEO Dave Baszucki wants to inhabit the metaverse — an online place where we work and play and entertain ourselves. He has dreamed...
Schell Games unveils I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar
Schell Games is expects to release I Expect You To Die 2: The Spy and the Liar this year. This virtual reality game is...
Magic Leap founder Rony Abovitz creates startup Sun and Thunder to build synthetic beings
Former Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz has started a new company called Sun and Thunder to focus on AI characters and interactive storytelling. In...