To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. Or it's a video game. Or maybe it's a deeply uncomfortable, worse version of Zoom?

Virtual metaverse lands can be bought, sold, and developed, similar to physical real estate. Digital real estate transactions are secured using NFTs and recorded on blockchain technology. Despite ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Mark Minevich is a NY-based strategist focused on human centric AI. In the early days of the internet, there was a shared ...

This report covers results from the 14th “Future of the Internet” canvassing that Pew Research Center and Elon University’s Imagining the Internet Center have conducted together to gather expert views ...

When Cathy Hackl’s son wanted to throw a party for his 9th birthday, he didn’t ask for favors for his friends or themed decorations. Instead, he asked if they could hold the celebration on Roblox. On ...

Imagine a world where you could have a beachside conversation with your colleagues, take meeting notes while floating around a space station, or teleport from your office in London to New York, all ...

Suchi Rudra is a writer whose work has appeared in The New York Times, BBC and Vice, among other publications. Even in its infancy, the metaverse has become a buzzword that remains a bit difficult to ...

Epic’s new partnership with Disney is just one more step in building out its virtual realm. Epic’s new partnership with Disney is just one more step in building out its virtual realm. is an ...

The metaverse is one of the most popular virtual worlds that exists today. Less popular is the task of defining it. One person might say it’s “an immersive, 3D computer-simulated environment that can ...