
Metaverse given the thumbs down
Meh
While Meta is all excited about its Metaverse, the concept is being greeted with a loud sounding yawn by punters who are failing to get excited about a new way of handing over their personal data to Facebook.

Meta is just a poorly built video game
Microsoft's Xbox boss dismisses the hype
Microsoft exec Phil Spencer (pictured) has said that Facebook's Metaverse was just a poorly constructed video game and too dull for him to be bothered with.

Apple thinks the future is AR
Metaverse not so much
The company which invented the reality distortion field and the rounded rectangle does not believe in the metaverse, but sees the world moving towards VR.

Nvidia prepares its metaverse cloud
Software-as-a-service is getting everywhere
Nvidia has become the latest company to start prepaing for the metaverse with a newly-announced Omniverse Cloud and jumping on the bandwagon of every other software company which does not want users to own their own software.

Phone network not up to Metaverse standards
Need huge improvements
Meta has warned that the ultimate "metaverse" won't be possible unless the phone companies do not pull their fingers out.

Samsung’s metaverse launch hit problems
Future not here yet
Samsung’s metaverse launch event for its new Galaxy smartphones hit many snags indicating that the tech is not ready for the maintime yet.

EU worried about Facebook’s metaverse
Vestager wants to know more so she can regulate it
European Union authorities are a little worried about Facebook’s new metaverse plans and want to understand it better so they can regulate it.

Metaverse pioneers are accident prone
Wandering around your house blindfolded what do you expect
One thing that those testing out the new Metaverse technology are discovering is that they are suddenly becoming accident prone.

Second life to get second life
Apparently, now it is called a metaverse
The inventor of Second Life Philip Rosedale has decided to task a core team to work on evolving Second Life now that the metaverse has become a buzzword yet again.

Microsoft working on its own metaverse
Will probably fail, and be copied by Apple, where it will be a huge success
Software King of the World Microsoft is working on its own version of the Metaverse which will feature such evolutionary things like Powerpoint and Excel.