Metaverse

Lacoste Debuts Web3-Based UNDW3 Experiential Universe
Lacoste Debuts Web3-Based UNDW3 Experiential Universe
June 14, 2022  |  Retail

Lacoste has launched UNDW3 (pronounced as “underwater”), its first Web3 experience and a progression from its collaboration with Minecraft that saw an immersive projection of...

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Metaverse Weekly: 30 Years and $13T Later, Neal Stephenson Returns to His Metaverse
Metaverse Weekly: 30 Years and $13T Later, Neal Stephenson Returns to His Metaverse
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

In 1992, Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” rocketed him to fame in sci-fi’s then-fledgling cyberpunk genre by imagining a dystopian world in which people escape by...

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Star Atlas, MoonPay Team on Crypto-Based Metaverse In-Game Payments
Star Atlas, MoonPay Team on Crypto-Based Metaverse In-Game Payments
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

Metaverse design company Star Atlas partnered Thursday (June 9) with cryptocurrency payments infrastructure company MoonPay to allow players to buy nonfungible tokens (NFTs) and in-game...

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Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
Behind the Hype, Metaverse Marketing Offers Dismal ROI
June 09, 2022  |  Metaverse

There has been a staggering amount of hype around “the metaverse” over the past six months to a year, with major brands from McDonald’s to...

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Restaurants Tinker With Tech Recipe to Balance Efficiency and Personal Service
Restaurants Tinker With Tech Recipe to Balance Efficiency and Personal Service
June 08, 2022  |  Loyalty & Rewards

Restaurant technology is moving at a dizzying pace, rapidly redefining consumers’ concept of “normal.” Unthinkable even a decade ago, tools such as QR codes or...

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NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
NFT Weekly: Game Raises $72M Channeling Metaverse Land Rush; Hong Kong Issues Warning
June 07, 2022  |  NFTs

For a massively multiplayer, NFT-based game that’s not a metaverse, Illuvium sure did sell a lot of “land” plots. The Ethereum-based play-to-earn game sold $72...

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The Digital Merchant 2022: Crypto Payments Take Travel in New Directions
The Digital Merchant 2022: Crypto Payments Take Travel in New Directions
June 07, 2022  |  Travel Payments

Disrupting traditional travel payments — a legacy ecosystem rife with opacity and inefficiency — is potentially a killer app for cryptocurrency, availing new ways to...

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Apple Kicks Off WWDC with an Eye on Connecting Everyone, Everything
Apple Kicks Off WWDC with an Eye on Connecting Everyone, Everything
June 06, 2022  |  Apple

Apple’s annual conference is still being held digitally this year at no charge and is open to all for an “inspiring week of technology and...

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Indian FinTech Kiya.ai Opens Banking Metaverse
Indian FinTech Kiya.ai Opens Banking Metaverse
June 05, 2022  |  Metaverse

Indian FinTech Kiya.ai will debut a “banking metaverse” to allow users to visit a virtual bank branch in their own homes, a press release said...

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