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Marc Jennings, CIO of analytics and AI at travel and transport giant TUI, says the one big technology trend to watch out for next year is immersive technologies. As the cost of the hardware – such as ...

Kyle Rand is CEO of Rendever, a leading virtual reality platform focused on social and mental health, particularly for seniors. When we think of cutting-edge technology, seniors tend to be far from ...

The “metaverse” has undoubtedly been 2022’s buzzword of choice, as tech corporations have talked it up as the future not just of entertainment but society as a whole. But it’s not just a vision some ...

An interface between the real and digital worlds will transform how we work, live, and interact. In partnership withSiemens Updated with a new afterword chapter in April 2024. The industrial metaverse ...

As brands dive deeper into virtual goods, Adidas on Wednesday created a new product category for virtual gear in an effort to accelerate its “community-based, member-first, open metaverse strategy.” ...

The future of the metaverse looks shakier than anyone can imagine. Tech companies that have bought into the concept fully—like Facebook-turned-Meta and Disney—are facing the realities of building out ...

Nattie’s metaverse romance began with anonymous texting. At first “C” would admit only to living in a nearby town. Nattie eventually learned “Clem” was a man with a solitary office job like hers. For ...

(To get this story in your inbox, subscribe to the TIME CO2 Leadership Report newsletter here.) The so-called metaverse conjures images of gamers with headsets, friends hanging out in a virtual world, ...

Unfortunately, the metaverse they’ve built has, so far, lived up to those expectations about as well as a Craigslist apartment rented based on photos alone. Zuckerberg’s Horizon Worlds, clunky and ...