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VR 2021 Funding Totaling $176M Breaks UK Records
VR 2021 Funding Totaling $176M Breaks UK Records
January 12, 2022  |  Investments

Chatter about the metaverse and innovation in virtual reality (VR) caught the attention of U.K. investors in 2021, with a record 154 million euros ($176...

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AMC Wants to Turn Its Movie Theaters Into Virtual Concert Venues
AMC Wants to Turn Its Movie Theaters Into Virtual Concert Venues
January 11, 2022  |  Technology

In the dark ages before the internet, Bell Telephone’s famous tagline was “it’s the next best thing to being there.” Decades later, the classic slogan...

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Disney Gets Patent for Metaverse Technology That Links to Reality With AR
Disney Gets Patent for Metaverse Technology That Links to Reality With AR
January 10, 2022  |  Metaverse

Disney has been approved for a patent to enter the metaverse world and make interactive, personalized attractions for theme park visitors, according to a Sunday...

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Experiential Marketing Meets Social Commerce in the Metaverse
Experiential Marketing Meets Social Commerce in the Metaverse
January 10, 2022  |  Metaverse

If the metaverse is to be the next big thing for brand building, companies are going to have to do a lot more than sell...

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Will Apple’s AR Headset Lead to the Metaverse?
Will Apple’s AR Headset Lead to the Metaverse?
January 10, 2022  |  Apple

Will Apple’s new augmented reality (AR) headset be a doorway to the metaverse? Don’t count on it, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said in his Power On...

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Multiple Workers Leave Microsoft for Meta’s Metaverse
Multiple Workers Leave Microsoft for Meta’s Metaverse
January 10, 2022  |  Personnel

Microsoft has seen its augmented realty (AR) team shrink by more than 100 members since last year, many of them moving to Meta Platforms (formerly...

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Tencent May Acquire Gaming Phone Maker Black Shark
Tencent May Acquire Gaming Phone Maker Black Shark
January 10, 2022  |  Metaverse

China’s Tencent Group is in talks to acquire the gaming smartphone maker Black Shark in an apparent effort to enter the metaverse.  According to multiple...

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10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
10 Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022
January 10, 2022  |  Payments Innovation

Ten Things Will Define the Digital Transformation in 2022 Just about everyone has their own prediction for what three, four, five or ten things will...

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PYMNTS NFT Series: In the Metaverse, NFTs Can Buy Experiences, Luxury and Eyeballs
PYMNTS NFT Series: In the Metaverse, NFTs Can Buy Experiences, Luxury and Eyeballs
January 09, 2022  |  NFTs

Welcome to the fifth installment of PYMNTS’ series on non-fungible tokens, or NFTs, the newest craze in crypto. In these 12 articles, we are looking...

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