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Insider's Guide to the Metaverse: How to play, make money, and party in 7 of the most popular virtual worlds right now

The metaverse leapt into the spotlight this year, but is it ready for mainstream acceptance? Inside…

Lisa Kailai Han,Kari McMahon   


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Snapchat is bringing virtual Bitmojis into the real world

Snap has yet to make money off Bitmoji, and it's unclear if the self-described camera company inten…

Alex Heath   


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What can you do with land in the metaverse?

Real estate is not just a popping sector in the real world but in the virtual world as well! But wh…

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First Trust files for a US-listed metaverse ETF as the virtual-world gold rush heats up

The US investment company filed for a metaverse-linked exchange traded fund on Tuesday as the virtu…

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A NIGHT IN SECOND LIFE: The Legendary Virtual World Is Still Around But Getting Weirder

Launched in 2003 by Linden Lab, it was an unprecedentedly wide and open free online world (which al…

Karyne Levy   


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Estonia Will Be The First Country In The World To Offer Virtual Residency

The government of Estonia is quick to point out that e-residency won't guarantee legal residency or…

Maya Kosoff   


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Metaverses with top in-house rules will be the most successful ones as people look for where to live their best virtual lives, a crypto boss says

"You don't want a metaverse where people are saying racist things, or where people are committing c…

Shalini Nagarajan   


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Manchester City has teamed up with Sony to create a metaverse out of a virtual version of its soccer stadium

Soccer club Manchester City has partnered with Sony to forge into the virtual world and draw in fan…

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A metaverse mega yacht that just sold for $650,000 is the most expensive NFT sold in The Sandbox virtual world

The Metaflower Super Mega Yacht was purchased for 149 ether. It features a DJ booth, two helipads, …

Isabelle Lee   


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Oculus acquired a UK startup to help it transform physical spaces into virtual worlds

Combine Oculus and Surreal Vision and you have the potential to scan your living room into a game a…

James Cook   


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Andreessen Horowitz has invested $20 million in a British company that builds 'virtual worlds'

Improbable is just the latest in an increasingly long line of British tech companies benefiting fro…

Rob Price   


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Meta to test money-making tools for its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds

Meta is also testing a creator bonus program for Horizon Worlds users in the United States, allo…

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Wall Street is pumped about the metaverse. But critics say it's massively overhyped and will be a regulatory minefield.

Holding work meetings in the metaverse is "the sort of thing only a computer scientist could love,"…

Harry Robertson   


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Jefferies predicts the metaverse will be the biggest disruption to how we live ever seen, as Wall Street gets excited about virtual worlds

Wall Street analysts are getting excited about the metaverse, even though no one knows what it'll l…

Harry Robertson   


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Silicon Valley's metaverse will suck reality into the virtual world — and ostracize those who aren't plugged in

Experts say when AR glasses replace cell phones in 10 years, there'll be a turning point in the met…

Katie Canales   


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Goldman Sachs says the metaverse must run on blockchain, and heralds crypto tech as a huge disruptor

Blockchain is the only technology that can secure ownership across different virtual worlds in the …

Harry Robertson   


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A new 'metaverse' ETF wants to expose investors to the future of the internet

The fund sees the metaverse, defined broadly as the intersection of many virtual worlds with the ph…

Ethan Wu   


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Disney patents metaverse technology for theme parks that would track visitors while projecting personalized 3D images for them

Disney's "virtual-world simulator" would track individual visitors around its theme parks while pro…

Hannah Towey