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Many companies are still trying to figure out how VR can contribute to learning and development
Start-up’s valuation crashed amid poor headset sales but it has gained a competitive edge selling IP around high-tech optics
Robots are close to being so convincing that we can’t tell them apart from humans — and that could be a problem
Mixed reality start-ups gain from tech giant’s aim to usher in new era of ‘spatial computing’
Newcomers to the sport flock to its virtual side but, then, not all modernists are shunning the course
Initial hopes of 1mn shipments in 2024 launch year dashed by manufacturing problems
The technology company’s late entry into ‘mixed reality’ this week exposed the flaw in Meta’s virtual worlds
Losses at Meta’s Reality Labs demonstrate how excitement about new products often fails to translate into sales
Or at least we tried to
Our FT correspondent is among the first to try the tech giant’s impressive ‘mixed reality’ headset. But does anyone really need it?
Device will sell for $3,499 and be available ‘early next year’
The company can afford to try out the technology without betting its future on it
Shares hit all-time high ahead of expected presentation of a headset, the most important launch in years
Frenzy over iPhone maker’s longed-for launch of mixed reality headset has reached ‘fever pitch’
Virtual world venture makes sense ahead of a technology revolution that could threaten the iPhone empire
Chief Mark Zuckerberg teases new Quest 3 product as tech group continues to develop metaverse ambitions
Social media giant seeks technologies to help create an avatar-filled ‘metaverse’
An analysis of the potential of technology to transform personalised medicine is both stimulating and comprehensive
Spending on the metaverse may give users more tools to play with but it comes at a high price
Fulfilment of initial promise made for the technology remains elusive
New launch will be first steered entirely by CEO and under direction of operations team
Do virtual reality games show us the promise of the metaverse? And are they a model for life itself?
For some firms, the future of work is already here
The metaverse economy is set to be worth trillions — and the world’s leading fashion brands are experimenting already
The writer who invented the metaverse concept on why he decided to get involved in building it — and the trouble with AI
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