This article is part of a VB special issue. Read the full series here: The metaverse - How close are we? The metaverse isn’t a new concept. In fact, the term was coined in a 1992 novel, Snow Crash, by ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Lamina1, a Layer 1 blockchain optimized for the Open Metaverse, today announced its role as founding sponsor of the Open Metaverse Conference, a first-of-its-kind ...

Lamina1, a blockchain technology company cofounder by Snow Crash author Neal Stephenson, today announced it is organizing the Open Metaverse Conference. Lamina1, started by futurist Stephenson and ...

Google searches for the term hit an all-time high in late October, when Mark Zuckerberg announced the company that owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp would be rebranding to Meta. It seemed that the ...

What is the metaverse? The word conjures up the idea of a single space in which users can log onto and experience its robust virtual worlds. In practice, so far at least, it is multiple spaces, ...

In the open metaverse, fungible tokens serve as the store of value and medium of exchange that keeps the economy growing. Although the total of cryptocurrency and other fungible tokens exclude NFTs ...

Readyverse Studios -- the “multi-world, multi-IP, interoperable open metaverse experience for mass consumers” created in part by Ready Player One writer Ernest Cline -- has announced an immersive ...

The metaverse is open for business, and financial services have a role to play. How can payments providers and their technology partners help create more open, and more secure, virtual environments – ...

A virtual recreation of Melbourne Park including the Rod Laver Arena and Grand Slam Park will be open for the duration of the AO tournament. Tennis Australia has partnered with Decentraland to host ...