Facebook stops just short of rebranding to ‘The Web’
Facebook changed its corporate name to Meta today. Facebook.com is still Facebook.com, though. This is a move to embrace the metaverse, which is a...
Facebook unveils Horizon Home social VR, Messenger VR calls, and fitness VR on road to metaverse
Facebook has turned its social media battleship toward the metaverse, the universe of virtual worlds that are all interconnected, like in novels such as Snow...
Roblox unveils electronic music festival in the metaverse
Roblox has partneed with music event promoter Insomniac to create electronic music festivals for its platform. The companies plan to create the “world’s largest...
Metaverse studio Melon announces its first original game in Roblox
Roblox-centric developer Melon today announced it was releasing its first original game within the metaverse. It’s called Jump Kingdoms. In Jump Kingdoms, gamers play...
Party Space raises $1M for metaverse-style virtual events
Party.Space has raised $1 million to scale up its metaverse-themed virtual events business. The company will use the money to scale its sales, explore...
Manticore Games will host music and games metaverse talks in Core
How’s this for meta? Manticore is hosting a couple of metapanels on the metaverse inside the gaming world of Core. San Mateo, California-based Manticore...
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...