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Meta to Mass-Produce New Mixed Reality Headsets in Vietnam

With its latest investment in Vietnam, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has made news all over the world once again. In addition to increasing manufacturing of its newest mixed reality headsets in 2025, the tech giant said on Tuesday that it would invest in AI innovation in the Asian nation. Even the

October 1, 2024 1 min read

Meta Reports $4.5B Loss in Metaverse Division Amid Strong Q2 Growth

In Q2 of this year, Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms suffered an additional $4.5 billion loss on its metaverse division, Reality Labs. Revenue for Meta’s second-largest quarter ever came in at $49 billion, up 22% year over year, according to an earnings call held on July 31. Moreover, Zuckerberg pointed out

August 1, 2024 1 min read

Somnia Playground Launched Empowering Creators with Customizable Metaverse Development

The Dream Computer, Somnia, has announced the release of Somnia Playground, an imaginative application that will simplify the process of creating and hosting metaverse experiences. With the help of interoperability protocols, Somnia is a 300k+ tps EVM Layer 1 that combines gaming, social platforms, NFTs, and metaverses to create a smooth,

July 18, 2024 2 mins read

Meta Plans to Lay Off 50 VPs in Cost-Cutting Move to Boost Efficiency

According to recent reports, Meta is planning to reduce the number of vice president roles in order to make significant cuts. The corporation is continuing its attempts to reduce expenses and simplify operations in the face of a hard-economic climate, and the current round of layoffs will see the termination

June 13, 2024 1 min read

McDonald’s Singapore Launches ‘My Happy Place’ Metaverse for Users

The Singaporean McDonald’s in-app virtual environment was created in collaboration with Bandwagon Labs, the entertainment media tech company’s metaverse subsidiary, and McDonald’s Singapore. Bandwagon Labs Founder Clarence Chan outlined the three main components of McDonald’s metaverse. Singaporeans may now join in on the fun at McDonald’s “My Happy Place” metaverse,

June 6, 2024 1 min read

Somnia Launches Metaverse Browser for Seamless Web3 Onboarding

Metaverse protocol and Layer 1 blockchain Somnia has launched its highly awaited Metaverse Browser. The browser’s design makes web3 onboarding easier, enabling users to start discovering the metaverse and producing customized content. The Metaverse Browser from Somnia offers access to virtual society and all of its benefits. It creates a simple

May 15, 2024 1 min read

Meta Unveils Enterprise-Level Metaverse Quest Services for Education Sector

The educational sector will soon get access to Meta’s enterprise-level Quest services, the social media behemoth said on April 15. When it comes to extended reality (XR) headsets, the Quest models from this business are “by far the most popular on the market,” as Statista puts it. Moreover, by the

April 16, 2024 2 mins read

U.S Manufacturers Embracing Metaverse as per World Economic Forum

The World Economic Forum reports that an increasing number of American manufacturing companies are looking to the industrial metaverse to solve complicated problems that arise throughout the production cycle. The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed in a March 12 report that 92 percent of American manufacturing executives are looking at

March 17, 2024 1 min read

Saudi Arabia Unveils Groundbreaking ‘Cultural Universe’ Metaverse in Collaboration with droppGroup and Oracle

In a historic partnership, droppGroup, Oracle, and the Saudi Ministry of Culture are pleased to announce the opening of the Cultural Universe, the first government-run national Metaverse project in history. It is powered by droppGroup’s droppPhygital Generative Media Intelligence (GMI) AI system and Oracle’s Hyperledger Fabric 2.5 blockchain technology. In

February 26, 2024 2 mins read