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Meta quietly removed something from your WhatsApp; here's what changedMeta is phasing out WhatsApp avatars, removing the ability to create, edit, or use them as profile pictures or stickers. This move signals ...
Why Mark Zuckerberg is shutting down Meta's Horizon World five years after calling it next big thing and $80 billion investmentMeta is ending its Horizon Worlds virtual reality platform for Quest headsets. After a massive investment of $80 billion, the company is re...
Most of us will leave behind large 'digital legacy' when we die: Here's how to plan what happens to itDigital legacies are increasingly complex and evolving. They include now-familiar items such as social media and banking accounts, along wi...
Meta launches personalised Facebook-like avatars for WhatsappWhatsapp will now have Facebook-like avatars. Meta CEO announces the launch of avatars on its messaging app. Users will be able to use thes...
Meta's virtual-reality avatars are finally getting legs, here's whyEarly avatar models introduced by Meta, as well as Microsoft, have been ridiculed for appearing as legless, waist-up bodies floating around...
Metaverse crimes challenging, say legal expertsGoldman Sachs predicts the Metaverse market size will be worth $1-12 trillion, while not specifying a time period for the same.
At avatar fashion store, Meta to sell virtual clothes for real moneyMeta redesigned its virtual reality avatars last year to be more expressive and three-dimensional.
Meta halts development of smartwatch with two camerasThe device, which has been in development for at least two years, was designed to include several features common in other smartwatches, in...
Meta to start testing money-making tools for its metaverseThe tools will be available initially to a handpicked set of users who are creating virtual classes, games and fashion accessories within t...
Meta adds 'personal boundary' tool in metaverse after virtual world harassmentThe new function comes after complaints have emerged in press reports and in social media of incidents of harassment.
Hype about metaverse: Is it just only avatars interacting with others in a digital environment or there's more?What does the metaverse really mean, and does it even exist? Here's what you need to know.
Metaverse is unsafe for women already! Reports of groping, harassment rising in VR gamesBad behavior in the metaverse can be more severe than online harassment and bullying.
Nike buys virtual sneaker maker RTFKT in metaverse push"This acquisition is another step that accelerates Nike's digital transformation and allows us to serve athletes and creators at the inters...
The new world of metaverse and ownership via NFTsA term first coined in 1992 in a sci-fiction novel by Neal Stephenson, the metaverse is a combination of two words — meta meaning beyond an...
From AI-powered avatars to user data: Is there space for rights in the metaverse?The term "metaverse" has been used to describe an array of shared spaces accessed via the internet – from fully-immersive virtual reality (...
Apart from Facebook, who else is building the metaverse?The metaverse broadly refers to the idea of a shared virtual platform that people can access through different devices.
Who's building the metaverse?Well before Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's splashy demos featuring giant robots and digital time travels to ancient Rome, dozens of compani...
Can Facebook make virtual reality happen for real this time?Though tech giants like Facebook and Sony have spent billions of dollars trying to perfect the experience, virtual reality has stayed a nic...
Facebook launches Avatars in India, will let users share digital personas on WhatsApp tooAvatar creation from Messenger is currently only available on Android, but will be rolled on iOS soon.
Facebook takes a cue from Apple’s Memoji & Snapchat’s BitMoji, launches digital avatarsAvatars can be posted as comments, in chat windows, and Facebook Gaming profiles.