AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before "metaverse" was a household word is shuttering for good this time. After announcing ...

The AltspaceVR social networking platform will be sunset on March 10. The announcement came days after Microsoft announced 10,000 layoffs and changes to its "hardware portfolio". Microsoft acquired ...

What is dead in VR may never die, perhaps? Social VR startup AltspaceVR may not be shutting down after all. The company, which raised more than $15 million in funding from GV, Comcast Ventures and ...

VR is still a technology in its nascence, and that has lead to an exciting first year of consumer virtual reality. Today, we are reminded of the cruel reality of the challenges of being on the cutting ...

This evening AltspaceVR has announced it will be closing its doors for good on August 3rd. Founded in 2013, the social VR platform was one of the first to come online and connected tens of thousands ...

Microsoft is narrowing its metaverse ambitions. In a blog post spotted by VentureBeat (via The Verge), the company announced it would shut down AltspaceVR, the social virtual reality platform the ...

AltspaceVR has been acquired by Microsoft, a very positive outcome from what looked like a disastrous situation for the social VR company. Back in July, it seemed very likely that AltspaceVR would ...

AltspaceVR might have just saved its virtual world at the 11th hour, because the company is halting its plans to shut down. According to a new post by the team, AltspaceVR isn't closing down and is ...

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