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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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