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  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    House & Home
    Home entertainment with everything but the popcorn

    Technology races to accommodate a new generation of wealthy digital natives, with prices reaching seven figures

  • Friday, 1 July, 2022
    John Gapper
    The invisible science of eyewear beats augmented reality

    Leonardo Del Vecchio of EssilorLuxottica knew what people really wanted from their glasses

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
    The 30-year-old comic book that became a Silicon Valley bible

    Scott McCloud’s definitive book is changing the face of online avatars

  • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
    Meta Platforms
    Meta sparks anger by charging for VR apps

    Facebook parent faces backlash from developers and accusations of ‘hypocrisy’ over virtual reality store terms

  • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
    InterviewArts
    Artist Markus Selg: ‘We’re further in the metaverse than most of us think’

    He has spent his career testing the boundaries between life and virtual reality, in his studio and now on the opera stage

  • Monday, 20 June, 2022
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    Tim Sweeney on Epic's metaverse

    Passively managed index funds have overtaken actively managed funds in the US

  • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
    Inside BusinessRichard Waters
    Big Tech tiptoes to the metaverse

    Apart from Meta, the sector is taking a cautious approach to the next mass market computing platform

  • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
    Gaming
    From new headsets to a VR bar — fantasy meets reality

    Specialist venues offer fully immersive experiences, but for home play the technology still has growing pains ahead

  • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
    News in-depthApple Inc
    Apple looks to its first headset for next breakthrough product

    iPhone maker battles technical challenges ahead of expected launch of augmented reality device

  • Friday, 3 June, 2022
    FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
    Abba’s avatars show the way to relive every event we missed

    The Abba Voyage show offers a template for my future, better self

  • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
    FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
    Can augmented reality take off where VR has failed?

    Snap’s Spectacles are the first of several new headsets, including from Apple, Meta and Google

  • Monday, 30 May, 2022
    FT Film27 min
    Is gaming the gateway to success in the metaverse?

    How top tech companies are leading the way with their competing games offerings

  • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
    FT CollectionsTech Exchange
    Tim Sweeney: Epic will fight Apple and Google to keep the metaverse open

    ‘Fortnite’ game creator says tech giants must not be allowed to use monopoly power to dominate new platforms, as they do with smartphone apps

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Working It podcast20 min listen
    Welcome to your office in the metaverse

    A virtual office in the metaverse is being touted as the future of work

  • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
    Inside BusinessJune Yoon
    Virtual clubbing points to future profits from the metaverse

    Digital nightlife provides clues to products and services that will help drive the transition

  • Sunday, 15 May, 2022
    Elaine Moore
    Meta must move fast to get its head in the VR game

    Investors are not yet won over by the metaverse, but if Zuckerberg succeeds in selling his dream it could revive the company

  • Wednesday, 13 April, 2022
    LexJune Yoon
    The Lex Newsletter: Epic’s Unreal Engine powers Sony’s realistic hopes Premium content

    Graphics software could slash costs for Japanese group across its music, movie and gaming businesses

  • Monday, 11 April, 2022
    Epic Games Inc
    Epic Games secures $2bn from Sony and Lego to build gaming metaverse

    Deal values Fortnite maker at $31.5bn as groups battle competition from Microsoft

  • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
    FT MagazineDave Lee
    Training with a virtual Rocky has knockout potential

    The technology has got me working out every evening for weeks. Is VR fitness a revolution in waiting?

  • Sunday, 20 March, 2022
    Japanese start-up wants to cause real-life pain in the metaverse

    H2L’s tech will enable users to feel senses when they are in a virtual world as companies pile into sector

  • Sunday, 13 March, 2022
    Online MBA
    Business schools look to AI and VR to enhance digital courses

    Demand for interactive, personalised learning means the days of the ‘sage on the stage’ are numbered

  • Thursday, 24 February, 2022
    Jemima Kelly
    What Meta’s VR advert tells us about life in the metaverse

    The virtual world of the Super Bowl video is a radical vision of the future, but also quite a chilling one

  • Monday, 21 February, 2022
    Law
    Metaverse vs employment law: the reality of the virtual workplace

    It is unclear how employee protections apply in the universal digital realm. What counts as harassment? And can an avatar be discriminated against?

  • Tuesday, 15 February, 2022
    LexGames industry
    Video games: hunt for the mobile mega-deal Premium content

    Microsoft’s deal for Activision Blizzard underscores importance of new model

  • Friday, 11 February, 2022
    Lunch with the FT
    David Chalmers: ‘We are the gods of the virtual worlds we create’

    The techno-philosopher on meaningful life in the metaverse, building virtual utopias and why the ‘corporatocracies’ are becoming part of our brains

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