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 ...

THORNTON, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Adams County’s public library system, Anythink Libraries, is celebrating the one-year anniversary of Anythink World, the world’s first virtual library metaverse, an ...

A once-booming market for virtual real estate left early believers holding assets with little demand. Five years ago, tech ...

Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the company's virtual reality social network, on June 15. The platform, originally designed for Quest VR headsets, will still be available on a mobile app. The ...

Meta announced changes that effectively leave Mr. Zuckerberg’s vision of an immersive digital world based in virtual reality only on life support. Credit...Paul Windle Supported by By Eli Tan and Mike ...

Meta's big bet on the metaverse hasn't worked out, and its shifted investment away. But the metaverse, as stupid and silly and legless as it was, was a beautiful idea. Instead, now we have an internet ...

On Facebook's recent second-quarter earnings call, co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg outlined his vision to transition the social-media company to a 'metaverse' company, in what he called "one of the ...

Colorado-Based Anythink Libraries’ Free Virtual Library Invites Anyone, Anywhere To Explore Immersive Worlds and Programming Adams County’s public library system, Anythink Libraries, is celebrating ...