To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

It’s either the next evolution of the internet or the latest corporate buzzword to get investors excited over some nebulous innovation that may not even come to pass over the next decade. Subscribe to ...

The Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF offers exposure to companies advancing the metaverse, spanning infrastructure, software, and user interface technologies. METV is a capital appreciation vehicle, ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta, the entire tech sector looked towards what seemed to be the future of networks, communication, and commerce... until AI arrived. But the metaverse is still ...

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) shares are back on the ascent after briefly dipping below 25% from peak levels, thanks in part to a calming of the tech and AI waters, as well as recent news that the firm ...

A new report from the Metaverse Standards Forum (MSF) declares the technology initiative is alive and well, despite skyrocketing attention paid to artificial intelligence. "The term 'metaverse' has ...

Mark Zuckerberg once pitched the Metaverse as the next era of the internet, a sweeping bet that reshaped Facebook into Meta and redirected tens of billions of dollars into virtual worlds. Now the ...

The early internet was almost entirely text based, with hyperlinks used to navigate between text pages. Over time it became more graphical until internet applications such as Gmail, Facebook, ...

The metaverse sits at the intersection of numerous different technologies and objectives. For the former, developments in VR, ...

Meta plans to cut its metaverse budget by roughly 30% to prioritize AI spending. Reality Labs has spent tens of billions over recent years. Meta shares recently fell more than 25% from peak levels.