»#Milo: An #LLM-Based #VirtualHuman #OpenSource Platform for #ExtendedReality.« https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/articles/10.3389/frvir.2025.1555173/abstract?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»From #virtualrape to #metarape: #Sexualviolence, #criminallaw, and #themetaverse.« https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/news/2025/04/new-publication-from-virtual-rape-to-meta-rape-sexual-violence-criminal-law-and-the-metaverse?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

Meta's Reality Labs Has Now Lost Over $60 Billion Since 2020

https://m.slashdot.org/story/441567

»#Fortnite and #Disney Metaverse: New Content Launch Dates, Everything You Need To Know.« https://www.ccn.com/news/technology/fortnite-disney-metaverse-new-content-launch-dates/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»The Mysterious Story Of $15 #Billion #MetaverseStartup #InfiniteReality.« https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/04/24/infinite-reality-john-acunto-155-billion-metaverse-startup-biggest-fundraise/?https://Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»#TheMetaverse and #DigitalTwins: Partnering to Innovate.« https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/metaverse-and-digital-twins-partnering-to-innovate/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»#Immerseyourself in #livinghistory: an #immersiveexhibition brings the last days of #Pompeii back to life.« https://www.heise.de/en/news/With-VR-and-Metaverse-Experience-the-last-days-of-Pompeii-10363864.html?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»7 Ways #VideoGames Have Built the #ModernWorld.« https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-video-games-have-built-the-modern-world/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

#Fediverse > #Metaverse

»Accenture Leads the Enterprise Metaverse Charge as Meta Revamps Horizon« https://www.xrtoday.com/mixed-reality/accenture-leads-the-enterprise-metaverse-charge-as-meta-revamps-horizon/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

Socially Beneficial #Metaverse
From: @tforcworc
https://todon.nl/@tforcworc/114414884256071860

Montag: Untergang von Pompeji in VR, Linux-Kernel bald ohne 486er-Support

Immersive Pompeji-Ausstellung + Linux-Verzicht auf 486-CPUs + Jubiläum von USB 2.0 + Energieeffizienz von Haushaltsgeräten + IT-Strategien der Bundeswehr

https://www.heise.de/news/Montag-Untergang-von-Pompeji-in-VR-Linux-Kernel-bald-ohne-486er-Support-10363913.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

»#Ethics in #theMETAVERSE.« https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/virtual-reality/articles/10.3389/frvir.2025.1576244/abstract?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

Mit VR und Metaverse: Die letzten Tagen von Pompeji miterleben

Eintauchen in lebendige Geschichte: Eine immersive Ausstellung erweckt die letzten Tage von Pompeji. heise online hat sich auf Zeitreise begeben.

https://www.heise.de/news/Mit-VR-und-Metaverse-Die-letzten-Tagen-von-Pompeji-miterleben-10363707.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

Meta Lays off Over 100 Metaverse Division Employees - Meta has reportedly laid off over 100 employees part of Reality Labs, its metavers... - https://news.bitcoin.com/meta-lays-off-over-100-metaverse-division-employees/ #newsbytes #metaverse #hardware

»Transforming #realworlddoors into #gateways to the #virtualworld: The future of #mixedreality.« https://techxplore.com/news/2025-04-real-world-doors-gateways-virtual.amp?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

Good thing they renamed their entire company “Meta”, because otherwise this would have been super embarrassing.

#meta #metaverse #bubble

“Meta guts virtual reality division amid mounting losses and fading hype”

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/zuckerberg-meta-reality-labs-layoffs-20294672.php

Perhaps “The #Metaverse” really was just hype. Hint: it was.

Meta guts virtual reality division amid mounting losses and fading hype

https://www.sfchronicle.com/tech/article/zuckerberg-meta-reality-labs-layoffs-20294672.php

»#Metaverse company #InfiniteReality announced a massive $3 billion fundraise from a single anonymous investor on January 8 in one of the biggest funding rounds of the year.« https://www.forbes.com/sites/phoebeliu/2025/04/24/mets-minority-investor-and-family-invested-3-billion-in-metaverse-startup-says-company/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures

»#Meta has laid off employees in its #RealityLabs division that is tasked with developing #virtualreality, #augmentedreality and related #wearables.« https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/24/meta-lays-off-employees-working-on-vr-in-reality-labs-division.html?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures