September 28, 2023
With help from Rebecca Kern Mark Zuckerberg unveils the Quest 3 headset earlier today. | AP It’s not too late to tune in for POLITICO’s AI and Tech Summit, currently livestreaming here and featuring a slate of tech leaders, policymakers and national-security officials hashing out the right policies to balance risk and innovation. Metaverse booster
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Sen. Todd Young (R-Ind.) | AP Photo The metaverse is one of the most stubbornly “emerging” of all the emergent policy issues we cover here at DFD, with even its biggest proponents emphasizing that the arrival of a truly shared, immersive online world might still be five, 10 or even 15 years away. But there
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Venture Catalysts on Friday announced that it made a partial exit from its portfolio Cusmat Technologies (Cusmat), an immersive skilling platform that large enterprises use to upskill their industrial workforce, with over 4.2 times returns in less than three years, resulting in more than 60% extended internal rate of return. Venture Catalysts had first invested
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The Metaverse branding experience is growing as more brands use Web3 in their marketing strategies. Recently, Slim Jim, a popular brand known for its attractive social media presence, launched Metaverse interactive branding for its fans. Metaverse Slim Jim offers 10,000 dynamic NFTs called GigaJims that will evolve over time based on the actions of their
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The Futureverse has a vision for the future of the metaverse that integrates everything from artificial intelligence to blockchain technology. Futureverse recently closed a $54 million Series A funding round that will help maintain and scale the infrastructure of the metaverse of the future. “The Metaverse has the potential to change how people interact and
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Show goers wear virtual reality headsets at the Heritage Virtual Scene booth during the Vivatech show in Paris, Thursday 15 June 2023. (AP Photo/Michel Euler) | AP After months of hanging The European Commission has published its initiative for “virtual worlds” today is a summary of some proposed guidelines and regulatory requirements for the next
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Last December, as Christmas approached, teen-focused fashion brand Forever 21 was testing a range of new products. 2000-style items were in fashion, as were flared trousers, cropped tank tops and puffy accessories. But the most popular design to date has been a bubblegum beanie emblazoned with the word FOREVER. It costs only 75r. In fact,
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A Meta employee demonstrates the Quest Pro headset. | AFP via Getty Images How “meta” can you get when it comes to mapping the metaverse? It’s fitting that Meta itself has come up with an answer to this question. IN report published exclusively for Digital Future Dailythe company has teamed up with The Economist’s research
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Edge Ventures Informationinvestment division of parent company Naukri.com Information about Edge India Ltd.led a $1.5 million seed funding round in the Metaverse. gaming platform AvatarLife, the startup said in a statement on Monday. This is Info Edge Ventures’ third bet in the gaming space after fantasy esports platform Fanclash and augmented reality toy maker Mirana.
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With the help of Mohar Chatterjee The Apple Vision Pro headset is on display at the Apple campus showroom on Monday, June 5, 2023 in Cupertino, California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu) | AP NOTE. Invitation to DFD readers: The full transatlantic tug of war due to technological regulation will be discussed on stage next Thursday at
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