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Metaverse in India: The challenge of buying land and painting houses

VR headsets are gradually becoming somewhat accessible, with an Oculus Go priced at Rs 22,000. Several start-up founders say they are also developing software for laptops and mobile devices.

Meta wants you to work in virtual reality - here's what that's like

Meta Platforms Inc has made it clear that it wants to infiltrate the business world with virtual reality technology

Meta, Qualcomm to develop premium experiences for Quest platform

Both companies' engineering and product teams will deepen technical collaboration to deliver next-generation platforms and core technologies to accelerate a fully realized metaverse

Meta's VP of 'Horizon VR' Vivek Sharma to leave the firm after six-years

Vivek Sharma, the Indian-origin VP of Meta's Horizon social media virtual reality platform, is departing from the company

Mark Zuckerberg announces launch of new VR headsets costing $1000 in Oct

Mark Zuckerberg has announced Meta's new VR headset that will cost around UDS 1,000

Meta to let its Quest VR headsets users log in via new Meta account

If you are new to Meta VR devices, you can create a Meta account using an email address, Facebook account, or Instagram account

The metaverse isn't here yet, but it already has a long history

Published in 1879, Ella Thayer's novel of the telegraphic world makes remarkable predictions. Many aspects of the current metaverse were already familiar 143 years ago

What is Google Street View?

Now you can take tours of the country's streets and alley, virtually. Google Street View was relaunched in India recently, about six years after being banned from the country. Here's more about it

PUBG Mobile set for its first virtual concert with K-pop band Blackpink

PUBG Mobile said on Tuesday that it is set to host first-ever virtual concert this month that will feature K-pop girl group Blackpink.

Meta builds AI models for realistic sound experience in VR environments

Meta (formerly Facebook) has built three new artificial intelligence (AI) models designed to make sound more realistic in mixed and virtual reality experiences

Amid metaverse buzz, Apple likely to launch AR/MR headset in January 2023

The RealityOS powered headsets will be able to offer a combination of VR and AR experiences, immersing users in virtual content as well as layering virtual elements over real world environments

A metaverse fashion show puts the spotlight on challenges, possibilities

Many could not watch it since India still doesn't have the 5G network

Meta Reality Labs division reveals latest VR headset prototypes

Tech giant Meta's Reality Labs division has revealed new prototypes in its roadmap toward the lightweight, hyper-realistic virtual reality graphics

Meta adds parental controls to Quest VR headsets to keep tab on young users

Meta has announced that it is adding parental controls to all Quest VR headsets that will allow parents to keep a tab on underage users' screen time and receive approval requests for purchases

TikTok's parent company ByteDance likely to join VR space, says report

Short-video-making app TikTok's parent company ByteDance is most likely preparing to join the virtual reality (VR) space, media reports say

MG Motor launches Metaverse platform MGverse with five experience centres

The platform will be accessible on mobile as well as other web browsers and the company also intends to make similar experiences available for VR (Virtual Reality) headsets

Why Apple will beat Meta in the augmented and virtual reality battle

There will also be competition from Microsoft, Alphabet, Snap and Sony. But none of these companies can match Apple's combination of design chops, cutting-edge hardware and a huge existing ecosystem

Davos 2022: WEF launches metaverse for strong public-private cooperation

WEF 2022: The Global Collaboration Village will bring together key global stakeholders to address critical global issues

Apple had to make tough choices about final design of AR/VR headset: Report

Apple had to make tough choices about the final design of its augmented (AR) and virtual reality (VR) headset as it reportedly chose a standalone AR/VR headset over a more powerful tethered design.

Meta tests end-to-end encryption for Quest's virtual reality Messenger app

With the new v40 software update, Meta is testing optional E2EE for Messenger's one-on-one messages and calls in VR