Beyond Inclusion builds workforce diversity for the metaverse
Beyond Inclusion is a workforce diversity training program that aims to train people in the technical skills necessary for the metaverse. The deadline for...
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...
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. Justin Melillo, CEO of...
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...
RLTY raises over $4 million in funding for metaverse event creation tools
Metaverse event company RLTY announced it’s raised €4 million, or over $4 million in funding for its new event-building tools. With the money, the...
My Avastars: WowWee and Gamefam are making physical metaverse dolls
WowWee is introducing a new toy line to its portfolio. The My Avastars line of toys grew from the fact that kids use avatars...
Meta expands the “miniverse” with new Horizon Worlds experiences
Meta announced two new applications from big enterprises using the Horizon Worlds metaverse tools. Guitar maker Fender Musical Instruments announced its Fender Stratoverse and...
Mark Zuckerberg unveils ultra-realistic VR display prototypes
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, has been spending billions of dollars a quarter on the metaverse, which has moved very quickly from science fiction...
The DeanBeat: Why Neal Stephenson is starting a metaverse company 3 decades after Snow Crash
It’s not often that you get to hear things from the horse’s mouth. In this case, I was able to do an interview with...