Metaverse / 66 posts found

Yuga’s Otherside Gears Up for ‘Legends of the Mara’ Open Beta Launch

September 2, 2023 @ 6:30 pm
by docdna54
in Bored Ape Yacht Club, gaming, Metaverse, News
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Yuga Labs announced that it will be debuting the open beta for its upcoming Otherside metaverse game, Legends of the Mara, sometime in September. Yuga first demoed Legends of the Mara to a small group of Otherdeed holders in July.   First announced in March 2022, Otherside continues to represent the largest expansion of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC) universe, serving as an MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game) that is directly linked to the BAYC ecosystem. Tapping into virtual land ownership, Otherside enables players to own virtual land, authenticated through their Otherdeed NFTs, to then explore an open-world game.  […]

Yuga Labs Acquires Roar Studios to Help Build Otherside Metaverse

August 1, 2023 @ 3:30 pm
by docdna54
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Yuga Labs announced on July 31 that it would be acquiring the metaverse startup Roar Studios. This move will push the ongoing development of its Otherside metaverse forward and open up new avenues for communities to connect and express themselves. We are proud to announce Yuga Labs is acquiring Roar Studios, a music and metaverse startup led by long-time entertainment Executive, Eric Reid, to execute our expansive vision for @OthersideMeta. For more, read here: https://t.co/Ll9OMrSwEP. pic.twitter.com/o2FankWun2 — Yuga Labs (@yugalabs) July 31, 2023 Building immersive experiences Roar, the brainchild and flagship product from Roar Studios, is an immersive media experience […]

Exclusive: Yuga Labs’ Chief Creative Officer Talks Otherside Preview

July 28, 2023 @ 3:11 pm
by docdna54
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Yuga Labs, the company behind several of the Web3 space’s most successful and well-known NFT brands, previewed its latest Otherwise metaverse developments to a small group of Bored Ape Yacht Club and Otherside community members on July 27 in Studio City, California. The group, which consisted of 40 Voyagers, got a chance to check out never-before-seen concept art for Otherside that has been in development for the past year and take part in a walk-through of a part of the island that resides at the center of the metaverse. Otherside Test Group: A Recap pic.twitter.com/57gh9g8VlA — Othersidemeta (@OthersideMeta) July 28, […]

The Generative AI Revolution: A Glimpse Into the Future of Work

July 5, 2023 @ 12:52 pm
by docdna54
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The explosion of interest in artificial intelligence has drawn attention not only to the astonishing capacity of algorithms to mimic humans but to the reality that these algorithms could displace many humans in their jobs. The economic and societal consequences could be nothing short of dramatic. The route to this economic transformation is through the workplace. A widely circulated Goldman Sachs study anticipates that about two-thirds of current occupations over the next decade could be affected, and a quarter to a half of the work people do now could be taken over by an algorithm. Up to 300 million jobs […]

Neal Stephenson Reveals How He Created the Metaverse

February 25, 2023 @ 12:51 am
by docdna54
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When New York Times bestselling author Neal Stephenson first coined the term metaverse in his 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, he set a high bar for other science fiction authors to come, including the worlds subsequently created in films like The Matrix. His immersive literary technique and attention to detail in each of his works – Seveneves, Anthem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon – have created a world that, today, we are actually working to build: this next-generation information era, dubbed Web3. As one of the most popular sci-fi books of all time, Snow Crash’s first inception was a graphic novel undertaken by […]

Expert Opinion: Here’s How to Make the Metaverse More Inclusive

January 24, 2023 @ 9:27 pm
by docdna54
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Marginalized people often suffer the most harm from unintended consequences of new technologies. For example, the algorithms that automatically make decisions about who gets to see what content or how images are interpreted suffer from racial and gender biases. People who have multiple marginalized identities, such as being Black and disabled, are even more at risk than those with a single marginalized identity. This is why when Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the metaverse – a network of virtual environments in which many people can interact with one another and digital objects – and said that it will […]

Minors in the Metaverse: What You Need to Know About Safety

January 20, 2023 @ 8:48 pm
by docdna54
in Features, Metaverse, regulation, web3
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What sort of online mischief did you get up to before you reached 18? You likely came across some form of explicit content or an unsavory individual through gaming, social media, or another peer-to-peer network. Considering the expansive nature of the world wide web and the confidence that anonymity affords, the internet can be a scary place for kids and teens. While a wide array of parental controls are available to help protect minors on the internet, the same isn’t entirely true for the metaverse. Built on the blockchain and designed around the idea of decentralization, the metaverse’s current form […]

Why We Can’t Let Meta Define the Metaverse

January 16, 2023 @ 8:36 pm
by docdna54
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You hear the word “metaverse” all the time. But how often have you considered the definition? Coined in 1992 by science fiction author Neal Stephenson, the relatively obscure term exploded in popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly after Facebook rebranded as Meta in October 2021. There are now myriad articles on the metaverse, and thousands of companies have invested in its development. Citigroup Inc. has estimated that by 2030 the metaverse could be a $13 trillion market, with 5 billion users. From climate change to global connection and disability access to pandemic response, the metaverse has incredible potential. Gatherings in […]

What’s the Metaverse, and What Can You Do There?

January 12, 2023 @ 8:26 pm
by docdna54
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You’ve likely heard how the metaverse will bring a new era of digital connectivity, virtual reality (VR) experiences, and e-commerce. And tech companies are betting on it: Microsoft’s massive $68.7 billion acquisition of game-developing giant Activision Blizzard reflected the company’s desire to bolster its position in the interactive entertainment space. Prior to this, Facebook’s parent company rebranded itself as Meta — a key pillar of founder Mark Zuckerberg’s grand ambitions to reimagine the social media platform as “a metaverse company, building the future of social connection.” But other non-tech corporations are clamoring to get in on the ground floor, from […]

College in the Metaverse: Is the World Ready for Metaversities?

December 10, 2022 @ 12:28 pm
by docdna54
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Higher education in the United States is in trouble. Spiraling tuition costs and a student debt crisis threaten to make college unaffordable to all but the wealthy. In an attempt to cut spending and control tuition hikes, American universities have become increasingly reliant on temporary instructors who are underpaid, teach a heavy course load, and often lack job security and health insurance. Many schools are also increasing class sizes and moving courses online to lower costs. And students are not happy: Online learning is less popular than in-person instruction, and dissatisfaction has only increased during the pandemic. On top of […]
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