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Meta aired a rather bizarre Super Bowl ad for its Quest 2 virtual reality headset, in which it compared its customers to a thrown away animatronic.

In Bizarre Super Bowl Ad, Facebook Imagines Its Users as Robot Dogs Stuffed into Trash Compactor

By Victor Tangermann

Aviva, a UK-based insurance company, says that it has seen a 31 percent spike in home accident claims involving VR headsets in 2021, The Guardian reports. It’s also seen a 68 percent rise in such claims since 2016.

Virtual Reality

Insurance Company Says VR Headsets Are Causing Spike in Smashed TVs

By Tony Ho Tran

Child safety experts are sounding the alarm on the metaverse saying that it will attract sexual predators preying on kids using apps such as Horizon Worlds.

Experts Warn of Child Predators in Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

During a pivotal meeting, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg gave a very bizarre reason for looking like he was about to cry on camera.

Mark Zuckerberg Reportedly Had Red Eyes and a Weird Excuse at Company-Wide Meeting

By Noor Al-Sibai

More people are getting injured using virtual reality headsets than ever before because, well, more people are buying them than ever before.

Prosthetics and Devices

Virtual Reality Users Keep Suffering Horrible Injuries

By Noor Al-Sibai

A clip uploaded by NFT enthusiast and blockchain CTO Alex Moss purportedly shows a "live rave" taking place inside Meta's VR playground for adults.

Metaverse “Rave” Shows People Standing Perfectly Still With Zero Energy

By Victor Tangermann

The metaverse has already proven to be cash cows for investors looking to make millions off of literally nothing.

In Further Evidence of Deranged Financial Bubble, Investors Are Paying Millions for Virtual Real Estate

By Noor Al-Sibai

Phil Libin, founder of note-taking app Evernote who grew up in the Soviet Union, says that Meta's Metaverse is like communist propaganda.

CEO Born in Soviet Russia Says Metaverse Is Just Like Communist Propaganda

By Victor Tangermann

Facebook's iteration of the metaverse is set to get a lot less glitchy — and have a lot more privacy concerns.

Virtual Reality

Facebook Locks Down Patents for Full-Body VR Tracking

By Noor Al-Sibai

Some parents are growing concerned of the impact of VR gaming might have on their children as VR headsets become more and more popular.

Virtual Reality

Parents Alarmed by Children Slicing Off Enemies’ Limbs in VR

By Tony Ho Tran

Two LAPD police officers were fired after they were caught playing Pokemon Go instead of responding to a call for backup during a robbery.

Police Fired for Playing “Pokémon Go” Instead of Responding to Robbery

By Tony Ho Tran

One futurist believes that “a large proportion of people will be in the metaverse in some way” and will live most of their lives "jacked in" by 2030

Expert Says People Will Soon Live Entire Lives in Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

The Open Source Afro Hair Library was designed to improve the way digital artists and video game developers portray 3D models of Black hairstyles.

3D Artists Create Better Models of Black Hairstyles for Video Games

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Meta announced a slate of big name virtual reality concerts set to take place entirely in the metaverse last month — and nobody seemed to notice.

Facebook Hosted Three Huge Concerts in the Metaverse and They Seriously Flopped

By Tony Ho Tran

In an interview with conservative Christian satire website The Babylon Bee, Tesla CEO Elon Musk took a stab at the concept of the Metaverse.

Elon Musk Says the Metaverse Sucks and Neuralink Will Be Better

By Victor Tangermann

Nick Clegg, Meta's vice president for global affairs and communications, isn't impressed with the design of the company's Quest virtual reality headset.

Facebook Exec Laments the Company’s Bulky, “Wretched” VR Headset

By Victor Tangermann

Meta's virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds has barely made it out to the public and beta testers are already being sexually harassed.

Sexual Assault Is Already Happening in the Metaverse

By Victor Tangermann

A sneaker company known for photoshopping a "cybershoe" onto Elon Musk has been purchased by Nike because, apparently, nothing matters anymore.

Nike Buys NFT Company that Made the Elon Musk “Cybersneaker”

By Noor Al-Sibai

Philip Rosedale, the founder of the virtual world “Second Life,” who recently spoke to Time about his insights on building metaverses.

Creator of “Second Life” Issues Warnings for Those Building Metaverses

By Tony Ho Tran

Somebody paid roughly $650,000 in ethereum for an NFT yacht sold by developer Republic Realm in the metaverse platform The Sandbox.

Someone Paid $650,000 for a Nonexistent Yacht in the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

The "land" purchased is located in Decentraland's Fashion Street district and paid 618,000 MANA, an Ethereum-based token used as currency in Decentraland.

Plot of Metaverse “Land” Sells for $2.4 Million

By Lonnie Lee Hood

A handy guide to talking about the metaverse with your friends, parents, and weird cousins this Thanksgiving at the table.

How to Talk to Your Family About the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

Sure, the Metaverse could improve our lives. In fact, Rosenberg told Insider it'll make our world "feel like Harry Potter." But social media has already created a world where nobody can seem to agree on what's real or not, and the Metaverse isn't likely to make those problems better. They'll probably only get worse.

Experts Say AR Could Let People “Reality Block” Stuff They Don’t Like

By Lonnie Lee Hood

Facebook Shows Off Gloves That Allow You to “Feel” VR Objects

Virtual Reality

Facebook Shows Off Gloves That Allow You to “Feel” VR Objects

By Victor Tangermann

The CEO behind "Pokemon Go" believes that the metaverse is going to be a dystopian nightmare — but wants to help people build a better version of it.

Pokémon Go Creator Fears “Dystopian Nightmare” Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

An innovator in early AR systems has a dire prediction: the metaverse could destroy reality as we know it.

AR Pioneer Warns That Metaverse Could Make “Reality Disappear”

By Tony Ho Tran

A top VR developer at Facebook sounds like he's not entirely on board with the company's refocus on the metaverse -- and his remarks were interesting.

Facebook’s Top VR Expert Seems Pretty Annoyed by Metaverse Push

By Jon Christian

A New Zealand-based company wants to provide a "digital workforce" for the future metaverse complete with AI that can learn from interactions.

Artificial Intelligence

A Startup Is Creating Digital Human Servants to Work in the Metaverse

By Tony Ho Tran

CEO Mark Zuckerberg made the announcement at the end of the company’s Connect conference dedicated to its augmented and virtual reality products.

Facebook Changes Name, Announces AR Layer Over Physical Reality

By Tony Ho Tran

After news came out that Facebook is considering changing its name, a former Facebook employee has a theory about what it might be.

Is This Facebook’s New Name?

By Jon Christian

A 12-year-old girl developed a fear of Slenderman after watching a VR experience of the fictional character, exemplifying some of the dangers VR can pose.

12-Year-Old Develops Slenderman Phobia After Seeing Him in VR

By Dan Robitzski