Metaverse

Qualcomm Opens $100M Metaverse Fund
Qualcomm Opens $100M Metaverse Fund
March 21, 2022  |  Metaverse

Wireless technology firm Qualcomm has created a $100 million fund to invest in virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) tech to help jumpstart the...

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UMG’s 10:22PM Buys Bored Ape #5537, Debuts KINGSHIP Website
UMG’s 10:22PM Buys Bored Ape #5537, Debuts KINGSHIP Website
March 18, 2022  |  NFTs

Universal Music Group’s (UMG) next-generation label 10:22PM, a Web3 brand that discovers and develops artists, has purchased Bored Ape #5537, the Santa Monica-based company announced...

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Google Acquires Micro LED Maker Raxium to Produce AR Displays
Google Acquires Micro LED Maker Raxium to Produce AR Displays
March 17, 2022  |  Acquisitions

Google has reportedly inked a deal to buy Raxium, a 5-year-old startup developing “tiny light-emitting diodes” for displays for augmented and mixed-reality devices. Get the...

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Crypto Pioneer Joel Dietz Creating Interoperable Metaverse
Crypto Pioneer Joel Dietz Creating Interoperable Metaverse
March 17, 2022  |  Metaverse

After sitting on the sidelines for a couple of years, cryptocurrency pioneer Joel Dietz, ​​a founding architect of MetaMask (formerly Vapor) and developer of Ethereum,...

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Clues Hint at Spotify NFT as More Players Push Metaverse Plays
Clues Hint at Spotify NFT as More Players Push Metaverse Plays
March 17, 2022  |  NFTs

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Today in Data: Inside the Metaverse and NFTs
Today in Data: Inside the Metaverse and NFTs
March 17, 2022  |  Today In Data

NFT trading was up 21,000% in 2021. Plus, HSBC will soon join the metaverse with a virtual stadium in The Sandbox, and former Disney Chairman...

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Planet of the Bored Apes
Planet of the Bored Apes
March 16, 2022  |  Metaverse

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EMEA Daily: HealthTech Specialist Doctolib Raises $550M, Value Rises to $6.4B; HSBC to Enter the Metaverse
EMEA Daily: HealthTech Specialist Doctolib Raises $550M, Value Rises to $6.4B; HSBC to Enter the...
March 16, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, Paris-based Doctolib, an online management software provider for European physicians, has secured $550 million; banking giant...

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HSBC Becomes Latest Brand to Enter the Metaverse
HSBC Becomes Latest Brand to Enter the Metaverse
March 16, 2022  |  Metaverse

Global banking giant HSBC announced it is embracing Web3 by building a virtual stadium in The Sandbox, a leading blockchain-based metaverse, in order “to engage...

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