Category: Metaverse

A lot of leaders these days swear they’ve tried “everything” to fix that miserably low employee engagement score we all keep hearing about. They’re sending out pulse surveys every week, investing in expensive benefits, running motivational town halls once a...

(Image by Maria Korolov via Adobe Firefly.) Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical...

In a bid to dive deep into the web3 space, Forbes has rolled out a virtual ‘luxurious pool’ for players in The Sandbox. Forbes has recently announced its entry into The Sandbox metaverse, claiming a permanent piece of virtual land....

When ChatGPT vanished from WhatsApp in mid-January, 50 million users lost access overnight. So did businesses that had spent months building customer service workflows around third-party AI chatbots on the platform. Meta’s explanation was straightforward: the WhatsApp Business API wasn’t...

Mumbai, the financial capital of India, has launched a metaverse initiative aimed at previewing and showcasing the city’s infrastructure developments.  A new initiative called the Mumbai Metropolis Metaverse has launched offering 3D and virtual reality experiences of ongoing and future...

AI is everywhere. Companies are taking every opportunity on press releases or Linkedin to proudly boast about how they are using it to improve their efficiency and deliver for their customers. Behind these claims, however, sits a contradiction. Despite its...

Both land area and active users increased this month in OpenSim, possibly because people are spending more time inside, where it’s warm. But who knows, really, why people do what they do? Anyway, I am now tracking a total of...

China’s Supreme People’s Procuratorate promised punishment for criminals utilizing blockchain technology and metaverse projects for nefarious operations.  Li Xuehui, a Supreme People’s Procuratorate spokesperson, noted an increase in cybercrime perpetuated on blockchains and in the metaverse during a Feb. 23...

The Platform Wars Get Real The Diamond sponsor lineup tells the story: Amazon Web Services, Dialpad, RingCentral, and Zoom are betting big on Vegas. But the real intrigue is in the shifts — Cisco moved from Platinum to Gold, while...

All the OpenSim stats were up this month, as both land area, active users, and registered users all increased compared to mid-December 2024. The land area of the public OpenSim grids went up by 170 standard region equivalents, active users...