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Meta's metaverse chief admits the 'hype is dead'

Meta metaverse chief Vishal Shah has new priorities amid the metaverse bust.

Fortune

Meta exec: "Metaverse hype is dead"

Meta's VP of Metaverse, Vishal Shah, believes the metaverse is ready for its post-hype phase, with new entrants like Apple and plans for new products like the Meta Quest 3.

Fortune

This Week in the Metaverse: Bored Ape Yacht Club is sinking as floor prices spiral

Bored Ape Yacht Club NFTs hit a price floor not seen in 20 months.

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Meta delivered ‘a major blow’ to Twitter. Will it flip the flailing firm’s fortunes?

Meta has been struggling with layoffs, a fledgling metaverse and a decreasing audience. The company needs its new big bet to pay off

The Guardian - US

This Week in the Metaverse: Azuki’s botched Elementals drop has some calling it quits on the collection

Azuki community members have complained that the new Elementals collection is too similar to the original Azuki collection and dilutes its value.

Fortune

The collateral damage of an Apple Vision Pro flop could be devastating

Apple's Vision Pro is the most significant effort yet in Silicon Valley's long running dream of augmented reality headsets. If it flops, the budding AR industry and the broader metaverse championed by Mark Zuckerberg and others could go into a devastating 'winter.'

Fortune

Businesses are shunning the metaverse because it's just not very good

Despite Apple and Meta’s best efforts, survey finds businesses really aren’t getting the benefits from the metaverse.

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Aespa set to perform at Thunder Dome

Aespa, the first-ever metaverse girl group in K-pop, will give a Bangkok debut concert at the Thunder Dome, Muang Thong Thani, on July 29 at 6pm and again on July 30 at 4pm.

Bangkok Post

Decoding Gen Z has helped Roblox become a $23 billion metaverse sensation

For brands seeking to engage Gen Z in the metaverse, Roblox’s VP of global partnerships, Christina Wootton, shared her top five tips based on success stories from various industries.

Fortune

This Week in the Metaverse: 'NFL Rivals' hits 1 million downloads, and getting to the bottom of the Eminem-BAYC mystery

Fortune

Meta was late to the AI party – and now it’ll never beat ChatGPT

Zuckerberg's metaverse obsession could mean Meta has already lost the AI arms race.

TechRadar

Carol Vorderman backs calls to protect children in the metaverse

Two thirds of young people have already accessed virtual reality

Wales Online

The week in audio: Marianna in Conspiracyland; Women of Web3; Gateway: Cocaine, Murder & Dirty Money in Europe; The Archers

Marianna Spring keeps her cool with conspiracy mongers; Lauren Ingram guides (some of) us into the metaverse; a drug-smuggling tale is well told; and the dreaded Rob returns to Ambridge

The Guardian - UK

This Week in the Metaverse: A Sothebys auction brings in $11 million—and a bit of hope for the NFT market

Dmitri Cherniak's generative art NFT Ringers #879, a.k.a. The Goose, brought in $6.2 million.

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The metaverse "is just another platform for capitalism. It is a boring idea"

Curator of major new Gursky exhibition, Urs Stahel, shares thoughts on the big issues facing photography, like AI

The Guardian - UK

Who needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on Second Life

Mark Zuckerberg’s grand vision for an online existence has been laughed off as a corporate folly. Meanwhile, those still existing happily on a virtual world launched 20 years ago may be wondering what all the fuss is about …

Fortune

This Week in the Metaverse: The Sandbox and Decentraland are caught in SEC's crosshairs

The native cryptocurrencies of the two platforms were named securities in lawsuits by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Fortune

Gloves are about to come off in Meta vs Apple fight

First Apple kneecapped Meta's ad business, now it's going after the metaverse platform that Mark Zuckerberg staked out.

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Mark Zuckerberg thinks the Vision Pro looks like a headset for lonely couch potatoes – maybe he's right?

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg isn't feeling the heat following the Vision Pro announcement. In fact, he's never been more sure of his Metaverse dream.

Fortune

Meta CEO disses Apple’s VR demo as ‘a person sitting on a couch by themself’

The announcement of Apple’s Vision Pro threatens to overshadow Meta’s own headset announcement last week.

The Conversation

Apple's new Vision Pro mixed-reality headset could bring the metaverse back to life

The metaverse — a shared online space incorporating 3D graphics where users can interact virtually — has been the subject of increased interest and the ambitious goal of big tech companies for the past few years.

Fortune

The Metaverse is a dumpster fire. Is Apple its last hope?

If anyone can make the metaverse catch on, it's Apple. But even they face incredible obstacles.

PC Gamer

Nvidia's name was on everyone's lips at Computex while the metaverse was barely a whisper

The buzz around Jen-Hsun Huang was palpable, but wherever was the metaverse?

Fortune

Tokens for The Sandbox and 'Axie' among those branded securities in SEC suits against Coinbase and Binance

The SEC’s lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase could have lasting repercussions for several metaverse tokens.

TechRadar

Screw you tech bros, Tears of the Kingdom is the real metaverse

The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom offers true creativity, something metaverse apologists can never experience

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