The metaverse uses virtual reality and augmented reality to virtually transport you to a different place, or world. Accessing the metaverse is as simple as putting on a virtual reality headset and ...

The Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF offers exposure to companies advancing the metaverse, spanning infrastructure, software, and user interface technologies. METV is a capital appreciation vehicle, ...

It’s either the next evolution of the internet or the latest corporate buzzword to get investors excited over some nebulous innovation that may not even come to pass over the next decade. Either way, ...

The term "Metaverse," coined by sci-fi author Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, describes a three-dimensional ...

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. A former tech executive covering AI and XR for Forbes. With Crypto back in the news, interest in the Metaverse, ignored for the ...

Opinion: The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think ...

Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial ...

It wasn’t just niche investors making that call. Perhaps most famously, Mark Zuckerberg bet big on the metaverse. He called ...

Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.