HTC looks to the metaverse for answers
LG officially pulled the plug on its smartphone division in April of last year. It was another signpost in a dramatically changing mobile market that...
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All this startup news, and we didn’t even talk about Juul
Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. Today Natasha...
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Facebook Pay rebrands to Meta Pay as Zuckerberg details plans to create a digital wallet for the metaverse
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this week that Facebook Pay has officially been renamed Meta Pay. The current product features and overall user...
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Daily Crunch: Raba Partnership leads $2.1M seed round for African fintech startup Thepeer
Hello, friends, and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
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Meta, Microsoft, NVIDIA, Unity and others form Metaverse Standards Forum
As more tech companies develop virtual and augmented reality products, some oversight groups are trying to keep the industry on the same page. The...
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Meta’s latest VR headset prototypes will help it pass the ‘Visual Turing test’
Meta wants to make it clear it's not giving up on high-end VR experiences yet. So, in a rare move, the company is spilling the beans on several...
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Tatsumeeko wants to bring the metaverse to Discord
Tatsumeeko, an “MMORPG-lite” game on Ethereum and Solana developed by the team behind cross-gaming platform ecosystem Tatsu.GG, announced today...
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Meta brings game development platform Crayta to Facebook Gaming’s cloud streaming service
Meta announced today that it’s bringing Roblox-like Crayta, a game development platform that lets you build and play games with your friends in...
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Why more funding equates more peace of mind for TRIPP and its users
LA-born startup TRIPP doesn’t want the metaverse to be a mere “shopping mall for virtual consumers,” its founder Nanea Reeves told...
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Niantic transcends Discord to build Campfire, an AR social app, and unveils Lightship VPS
Since the launch of Pokémon Go in 2016, players have been coordinating meet-ups in-game raids and battles on platforms like Reddit and Discord. This...
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Metaverse app BUD raises another $37M, plans to launch NFTs
BUD, a nascent app taking a shot at creating a metaverse for Gen Z to play and interact with each other, has raised another round of funding in three...
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Lightspeed’s Mercedes Bent on why the metaverse isn’t overhyped
Bent, a consumer-focused investor, explained why backing early-stage crypto companies can often involve a "leap of faith"
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We (skim)read Meta’s metaverse manifesto so you don’t have to…
Meta’s recently crowned president of global affairs, Nick Clegg — who, in a former life, was literally the deputy prime minister of the...
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Mark Zuckerberg shows off Meta’s next headset (kind of)
Mark Zuckerberg took to his personal Facebook page today to show off a demo of the company’s unreleased “high-end” VR headset. The...
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Tripolygon, a 3D modeling software developer, lets metaverse creators make their own 3D assets
There are a number of ways to make money in the metaverse by participating in play-to-earn games, buying virtual real estate, or creating 3D assets...
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Holoride will give us a look at the in-car VR future arriving now at TC Sessions: Mobility 2022
At TC Sessions: Mobility 2022, we'll be chatting with Holoride co-founder and CEO Nils Wollny. The company is set to start shipping its in-auto...
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Meta is integrating its Horizon Venues live events app into Horizon Worlds
Meta announced it's integrating its Horizon Venues event experience into its social virtual reality Horizon Worlds platform.
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Meta faces years of tougher antitrust oversight in Germany
Facebook’s rebranded parent, Meta, has become the next tech giant to be confirmed as subject to a special competition abuse control regime in...
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Meta wants to sell you the metaverse in its first brick-and-mortar store
The company formerly known as Facebook is about to have an IRL shop. Meta will open the doors to the Meta Store (almost typed the Meat Store,...
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If everything is the metaverse then the metaverse is nothing
Welcome to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter. It’s inspired by the daily TechCrunch+ column where it gets its...
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4 questions every CISO should be asking about the metaverse
Most businesses today struggle with securing the data and infrastructure they already have. In the multidimensional world of the metaverse, this will...
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Artists like Harry Connick Jr. are using web3 to engage with fans
Web3 has attracted people from all walks of life, from finance analysts and hedge fund managers to software developers. But a fairly new group...
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Facebook is losing interest in its podcasting plans, new report claims
Last April, Facebook announced a suite of new audio products, including new support for podcasts and a Clubhouse live audio competitor, which was an...
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Metaverses grapple with Meta versus Apple
Hello readers, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I talked about Apple and crypto. This week, we’re talking about Apple clashing...
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Meta is developing a web version of Horizon Worlds
Meta is working on a web version of its social virtual reality Horizon Worlds platform, so users can try Horizon Worlds without having to use Quest...
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Meta’s Horizon Worlds is testing in-app purchases and creator bonuses
Horizon Worlds, Meta’s social virtual reality app, is testing a feature that will let creators sell virtual items and effects within their...
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Epic raises $2B at a nearly $32B valuation to build its kid-friendly metaverse
Fortnite-maker Epic Games announced today that it has raised $2 billion in funding from Sony and Kirkbi, the parent company of the Lego Group, with...
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Fortnite-developer Epic Games and Lego partner to build a metaverse aimed at kids
Fortnite-developer Epic Games announced today that it’s partnering with Lego to build a metaverse aimed at kids. The companies say they are...
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