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It is still hard to understand what the metaverse really is, nobody knows for sure at this point. However, the interest in the metaverse is affecting every industry — even food brands are attempting ...

That’s because the metaverse is, or will be, a series of interconnected digital worlds - and of course many of the best-known digital worlds are in gaming. So we tend to refer to Roblox, Fortnite and ...

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The metaverse is being talked about everywhere you look lately, and yet many consumers aren’t quite sure what it is. The truth is, not even its creators know what it will become eventually—many moving ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. There’s a video doing the rounds on Twitter today that supposedly shows “how Walmart envisions Shopping in the ...