Metaverse

Digital Tech Wins the Holidays, Metaverse Boosts Sales, AI Builds Trust in Secondhand Market
Digital Tech Wins the Holidays, Metaverse Boosts Sales, AI Builds Trust in Secondhand Market
November 23, 2021  |  Today In Data

Retailers are relying more heavily on the metaverse to make sales and are using artificial intelligence to boost shoppers’ confidence in secondhand markets. Plus, small...

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Brands Bet Big on Sales in the Metaverse
Brands Bet Big on Sales in the Metaverse
November 22, 2021  |  Retail

For decades, consumers have sought the hottest and trendiest apparel items to show off their tastes to the world, and as the metaverse continues to...

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Nike Creates Virtual World Within Roblox
Nike Creates Virtual World Within Roblox
November 19, 2021  |  Retail

Nike on Thursday (Nov. 18) announced the launch of its foray into the metaverse, calling its Roblox-fueled immersive 3-D experience Nikeland. The space allows Nike...

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Big Tech and Telecom Follow Facebook in Metaverse Ramp-Up
Big Tech and Telecom Follow Facebook in Metaverse Ramp-Up
November 12, 2021  |  Technology

Less than two weeks after Facebook’s startling announcement that it was changing its name and focus to Meta, three heavyweights in the 5G space are piggybacking...

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Metaverse’s Cryptocurrency Leaps in Price After Facebook Rebrands as Meta
Metaverse’s Cryptocurrency Leaps in Price After Facebook Rebrands as Meta
October 31, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

The price of a cryptocurrency that can be used in a metaverse leaped 164% in 12 hours, the New York Post reported Sunday (Oct. 31),...

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Facebook Name Change to Reflect Metaverse Move
Facebook Name Change to Reflect Metaverse Move
October 20, 2021  |  Facebook

Facebook is reportedly planning to unveil a rebranding that includes a name change to better reflect the company’s move toward developing a metaverse, an unnamed...

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Facebook Highlights eCommerce, Metaverse Plans As Pressure On Ad Business Grows
Facebook Highlights eCommerce, Metaverse Plans As Pressure On Ad Business Grows
July 29, 2021  |  Earnings

Facebook Inc. CEO Mark Zuckerberg spent a good part of the company’s second-quarter earnings call Wednesday (July 28) speaking about the so-called metaverse to play...

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Gaming Platforms Betting On ‘The Metaverse’ As Next Internet
Gaming Platforms Betting On ‘The Metaverse’ As Next Internet
September 14, 2020  |  Omnicommerce

Our first glimpse of the not-so-distant future of handheld tech was ‘the communicator’ on TV’s “Star Trek” in the late 1960s, providing science fiction’s vision...

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