The DeanBeat: Riz Virk interview — Do we live in The Simulated Multiverse?
Rizwan “Riz” Virk is a successful entrepreneur, investor, bestselling author, video game industry pioneer, and indie film producer. We’re also not quite sure if...
Roblox unveils Listening Parties for music artists
Roblox unveiled Listening Parties for music artists, and its first one will be hosted by Grammy-nominated artist Poppy. With Roblox Listening Parties, artists premiere...
Rec Room’s Nick Fajt interview — Building a cross-platform metaverse
Rec Room is one of the companies that has a shot at leading the tech and games industries into the metaverse, the universe of...
Roblox will launch Twenty One Pilots virtual concert
Roblox and Warner Music Group announced that the popular band Twenty One Pilots will hold a virtual concert inside Roblox. The game platform, best...
DNABlock raises $1.2M to make metaverse avatars more inclusive
DNABlock has raised $1.2 million from SoftBank and others to make metaverse avatars more inclusive. The Los Angeles-based company makes it easier for creators...
The DeanBeat: Will the metaverse bring the second coming of Second Life?
The idea of the metaverse is getting more buzz than ever. I gave a speech on it yesterday to Sharad Devarajan’s class of MBA...
Deadmau5 will launch Oberhasli virtual world and music experience on Core
Electronic music artist Deadmau5 has teamed up with Manticore Games, the maker of the user-generated game platform Core, to build a virtual music experience and social space...
Alethea AI raises $16M in private token sale for intelligent NFTs for the metaverse
Alethea AI, creator of the “intelligent NFTs,” or iNFTs, has raised $16 million in a private and restricted token sale to a group of...
The metaverse’s appeal hinges on its designers and hosts
For decades, science fiction predicted we would be cruising around in hovercrafts and experiencing the bulk of our lives through virtual reality by the...
Jensen Huang interview: The physical world and the metaverse can be connected
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has been talking about the metaverse for years. It doesn’t have a lot to do with the company’s revenues, which come...