Meta to Open 10 Metaverse Campuses as Part of $150 Million Immersive Learning...
Meta, the metaverse-focused social media company, is helping universities get their own virtual reality campuses online. The company will be opening 10 virtual campuses as part of its Immersive Learning project, which seeks to take education to virtual reality environments. In partnership with Victoryxr, an Iowa-based virtual reality education startup, Meta will invest $150 million in this initiative. Meta Getting Universities Into the Metaverse One of the biggest applications of virtual reality and metaverse technology has to do with education and the possibility of virtual....
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One of the most significant applications of virtual reality and metaverse technology involves education and the prospect of incorporating virtual reality classes. Social media giant Meta is implementing this concept by aiding 10 universities in launching campuses that will be built on metaverse “soil.” As part of its $150 million Immersive Learning Project, Meta (formerly Facebook) […]
By building MetaHKUST, the institution plans to create a learning environment that virtually connects the two campuses — in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced to host the launch party of a virtual reality classroom over the Metaverse on September 1. The launch marks the commencement of HKUST’s plan to promote immersive learning by building a virtual campus in the Metaverse, to be called MetaHKUST.An academic from the HKUST institution told South China Morning Post that the launch of the mixed reality classroom represents the....
Metaverse has now traversed the mainstream. On May 9, Meta Platforms Inc. will be opening its first-ever physical metaverse-themed retail store in the San Francisco Bay Area. Samsung has opened up their first physical Meta store – and Meta is following through. Suggested Reading | Samsung Throws In $25 Million In South Korean Startup DoubleMe […]
Meta, the metaverse-based platform, has announced the launch of a new wallet directed to support value interaction in the metaverse. Meta Pay, a rebrand of the former Facebook Pay service, will keep fulfilling the same functions that Facebook Pay did in the past, but will be developed as a universal way of paying for goods and services using digital identities in the metaverse.
Facebook Pay Rebrands to Meta Pay
Meta is trying to solve the problem of transaction and value interactions in the metaverse. The company announced the launch of a new digital wallet that will support the....
Meta, Microsoft, and 31 more companies have united to form an organization to promote the creation of open standards regarding metaverse tech. The institution, named the Metaverse Standards Forum, will focus on establishing standards to make each one of the metaverses on the internet interoperable, which would ideally permit these worlds to communicate.
The Metaverse Standard Forum Is Born
While the metaverse is a loose concept that each company interprets and builds according to its own will, some think it is important to connect these individual worlds. This is why Meta,....