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MetaHKUST: Hong Kong University To Build World’s First Metaverse Campus Virtual Reality

MetaHKUST: Hong Kong University To Build World’s First Metaverse Campus

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) recently announced its plans to open the world’s first physical-digital twin campuses in the metaverse. Called MetaHKUST, the mixed virtual reality classroom will enable students from different places to attend classes like they were in the same class. The metaverse campus…
bubmag
July 31, 2022
‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ is a real documentary filmed in a fake world. And it’s awesome. Virtual Reality

‘We Met in Virtual Reality’ is a real documentary filmed in a fake world. And it’s awesome.

A new documentary on HBO Max examines the coming age of social interaction — not in the “real” world, but in the virtual one. For months, I’ve been sharing posts on the ReidOut Blog about the “metaverse,” a virtual world accessible through some kind of wearable device, like glasses. My…
bubmag
July 29, 2022
Meta’s virtual reality division reports a jump in revenue but is still losing billions of dollars Virtual Reality

Meta’s virtual reality division reports a jump in revenue but is still losing billions of dollars

Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is betting its future on the metaverse, and specifically around the augmented and virtual reality sector known as Reality Labs. That sector, however, reported a $2.8 billion loss as the company saw lower than expected profit and its first revenue decline since going public…
bubmag
July 28, 2022