Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

Do you remember what the internet of the past looked like? Static webpages that took an age to load, blurry JPG images and lots of garishly colored text and backgrounds, those were the days! Well, the ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta, the entire tech sector looked towards what seemed to be the future of networks, communication, and commerce... until AI arrived. But the metaverse is still ...

In 1992, Neal Stephenson penned the cult classic “Snow Crash” in which a pizza delivery man, Hiro Protagonist, exists between two worlds: the sunny streets of Los Angeles and the mind-bending ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. There are various schools of thought on the metaverse. Maximalists argue that it can be ...

Since coming to prominence in 2021, metaverse has become a key component of introducing Web3 and crypto to the masses. While the concept of experiencing the same connected virtual world predates the ...

As artificial intelligence, CBDCs, Web3 and the Metaverse continue to accelerate, Perez provides insights that bridge ...

On July 2, 2025, Tencent officially launched its metaverse platform, "All-True Connected World," marking a critical step for ...

Mark Zuckerberg is striving to build a new computing platform that frees Meta from existing platforms controlled by Apple and ...

In Sept. 2022, Starbucks officially unveiled its highly anticipated foray into the metaverse: Starbucks Odyssey. At the time, NFTs and the metaverse were the trendy tech innovation of the moment, with ...