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    • Wednesday, 21 December, 2022
      Anjana Ahuja
      ‘Grief tech’ avatars aim to take the sting out of death

      Personalised chatbots hope to console the bereaved but the ethics remain complicated

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      FT CollectionsTech Exchange
      John Riccitiello: gamers don’t care whether it’s AR or VR — they just want good content

      The Unity Technologies CEO sees artistic creativity as crucial to the success of new platforms

    • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
      European business schools
      Business schools explore teaching in the metaverse

      Institutions are venturing into virtual worlds — both as a subject and a learning tool

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      Stephen Bush
      Is it ethical to make — and play — war games?

      The gaming industry and its customers should be prepared to put up with an increased level of moral scrutiny

    • Wednesday, 23 November, 2022
      Pekka Lundmark
      The real future of the metaverse is not for consumers

      The creation of virtual reality ‘digital twins’ will revolutionise the energy transition, emergency planning and medicine

    • Monday, 21 November, 2022
      FT SeriesTech Champions
      Disguise gives fans a concert experience — from their living rooms

      The company’s ‘extended reality’ technology is becoming a hit with entertainers after giving locked-down audiences a chance to enjoy performances by the likes of Billie Eilish and Katy Perry

    • Sunday, 6 November, 2022
      Banks
      UBS and Julius Baer grapple with offering wealth advice in the metaverse

      Banks have experimented with headsets and pixelated avatars to interact with clients

    • Tuesday, 11 October, 2022
      Lex
      Meta: virtual reality gets down to work Premium content

      Meta Quest Pro headset underscores shift from focusing on consumers to business

    • Monday, 3 October, 2022
      FT CollectionsTech Exchange
      John Hanke: A real-world metaverse will be more magical than VR

      Niantic founder says adding a tech layer to indoor and outdoor experiences can enhance reality

    • Friday, 15 July, 2022
      FT MagazineElaine Moore
      It’s not time to log off from reality yet

       Is the fear of an addictive metaverse overdone?

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      House & Home
      Home entertainment with everything but the popcorn

      Technology races to accommodate a new generation of wealthy digital natives, with prices reaching seven figures

    • Friday, 1 July, 2022
      John Gapper
      The invisible science of eyewear beats augmented reality

      Leonardo Del Vecchio of EssilorLuxottica knew what people really wanted from their glasses

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
      The 30-year-old comic book that became a Silicon Valley bible

      Scott McCloud’s definitive book is changing the face of online avatars

    • Wednesday, 29 June, 2022
      Meta Platforms
      Meta sparks anger by charging for VR apps

      Facebook parent faces backlash from developers and accusations of ‘hypocrisy’ over virtual reality store terms

    • Saturday, 25 June, 2022
      InterviewArts
      Artist Markus Selg: ‘We’re further in the metaverse than most of us think’

      He has spent his career testing the boundaries between life and virtual reality, in his studio and now on the opera stage

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
      Tim Sweeney on Epic's metaverse

      Passively managed index funds have overtaken actively managed funds in the US

    • Thursday, 9 June, 2022
      Inside BusinessRichard Waters
      Big Tech tiptoes to the metaverse

      Apart from Meta, the sector is taking a cautious approach to the next mass market computing platform

    • Tuesday, 7 June, 2022
      Gaming
      From new headsets to a VR bar — fantasy meets reality

      Specialist venues offer fully immersive experiences, but for home play the technology still has growing pains ahead

    • Sunday, 5 June, 2022
      News in-depthApple Inc
      Apple looks to its first headset for next breakthrough product

      iPhone maker battles technical challenges ahead of expected launch of augmented reality device

    • Friday, 3 June, 2022
      FT MagazineRobert Shrimsley
      Abba’s avatars show the way to relive every event we missed

      The Abba Voyage show offers a template for my future, better self

    • Tuesday, 31 May, 2022
      FT MagazineTim Bradshaw
      Can augmented reality take off where VR has failed?

      Snap’s Spectacles are the first of several new headsets, including from Apple, Meta and Google

    • Monday, 30 May, 2022
      FT Film27 min
      Is gaming the gateway to success in the metaverse?

      How top tech companies are leading the way with their competing games offerings

    • Thursday, 26 May, 2022
      FT CollectionsTech Exchange
      Tim Sweeney: Epic will fight Apple and Google to keep the metaverse open

      ‘Fortnite’ game creator says tech giants must not be allowed to use monopoly power to dominate new platforms, as they do with smartphone apps

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Working It podcast20 min listen
      Welcome to your office in the metaverse

      A virtual office in the metaverse is being touted as the future of work

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Inside BusinessJune Yoon
      Virtual clubbing points to future profits from the metaverse

      Digital nightlife provides clues to products and services that will help drive the transition

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