5 VR Accessories You Need for the Next-Level Immersion

vrcoin on July 27, 2022

Virtual reality is all the rage right now. You need it for some blockchain games, metaverse, or simply if you want to shop at an immersive virtual store. It’s an incredible technology that allows you to experience things that you never could before. However, there are some limitations to VR as it exists currently. One of the biggest issues is that it can be quite isolating. You’re often completely alone in a virtual world, with no one else around. This can make the experience less immersive and enjoyable. 5 VR Accessories for More Immersive VR Experiences Thankfully, there are a few VR accessories on the market that can help address this issue. Let’s take a look at some of the best VR accessories available. 1. HTC Vive Tracker The first accessory that we will take a look at is the HTC Vive Tracker. The Vive Tracker is a small device

Why Mark Zuckerberg Won’t Own the Metaverse

vrcoin on May 26, 2022

I can’t remember a period in my lifetime where the political and social conversation was more polarized. For every opinion, no matter how inane, you can find someone on the internet to vehemently disagree. However, one take is nearly universally endorsed across the sociopolitical spectrum: Mark Zuckerberg is not a force for good in the world. The recent news that Meta can take nearly a 50% cut of goods sold on Horizon Worlds, its metaverse platform, received widespread condemnation, uniting everyone from Fortune 500 CEOs, to left-wing Twitter, to whatever category Elon Musk falls into. The headlines hit many of the familiar talking points levied against Meta: greedy, hypocritical, unfriendly to creatives, and run by a cruel young cyber-monarch. But, more importantly, this news also sheds light on Zuckerberg’s troubling concept of the metaverse: a top-down, closed system controlled by a single organization. .ud361b6b33f4172bfc566fdcd954594e4 { padding:0px; margin: 0; padding-top:1em!important;

Exploring Metaverse: Can It Ever Become a New Normal?

vrcoin on January 18, 2022

The future of the metaverse continues to be a hot topic of conversation amongst tech developers, virtual reality users, and an increasingly digital native population. As we move further towards engaging with a completely virtual online world, tech giants such as Meta and Microsoft continue to lead the way. The question is, what exactly can we expect from the metaverse. And could it become the new normal? What Is the Metaverse? In his 1992 Science Fiction Novel, ‘Snow Crash’, author Neal Stephenson first used the term ‘metaverse’ to explain his version of a virtual reality environment. Defining a 3D realistic world in which he could virtually be a part of, the term ‘metaverse’ was born, and hasn’t been forgotten since. The modern-day metaverse could be described as the fight to achieve a real-life online virtual world that incorporates virtual reality, augmented reality, and holographic forms of communication such as 3D

Why Every Company Needs a Metaverse Strategist

vrcoin on October 18, 2021

The metaverse is coming (some iteration of it is already here) and it’s going to encompass society as we know it. In 2019, Marshmello’s virtual concert on Fortnite saw 10.7 million attendees tune in. In 2020, Travis Scott’s virtual performances on Fortnite saw more than 45 million viewers across 5 shows. In just the last handful of weeks, a collection of Bored Apes sold at Sotheby’s for more than $24 million, Budweiser purchased the web3 domain beer.eth for almost $100,000, and Tennis superstar Naomi Osaka and her sister Mari Osaka dropped a six-piece collection of NFTs that sold for nearly $600,000. Naomi Osaka Sapphire Signed; Source: Autograph With the explosion of NFTs, virtual worlds, and immersive technologies in 2021, some of the largest companies in the world, the most famous athletes in the world, and the most popular musicians in the world have already started to enter the metaverse. A