metaverse

Royal Caribbean Group’s (NYSE: RCL) Celebrity Cruises has entered the metaverse, with the launch of a digital cruise ship in an experience dubbed the “Wonderverse.” The company has now filed a patent to take the next step. What Happened: On Monday, Celebrity Cruises...

Web3 company Yuga Labs is naming a new CEO Monday who will start work in 2023 and help the company expand its efforts in gaming and the metaverse.  What Happened: Yuga Labs, the company behind Bored Ape Yacht Club, Mutant Ape Yacht Club and Otherdeed for Otherside NFTs, announced...

Now is the winter of our discontent. Web3 communities all over the world have been suffering slightly under the recent ravages of the bear. What is sorely needed right now is an opportunity to put the FUN back into non-fungible tokens.  Up to this plate steps Intraverse, an open, interoperable...

Richard Hong, the Corporate Strategist for CLO Virtual Fashion, spoke at Benzinga’s Future of Crypto event sharing how his company is a true expert in digital fashion. CLO Virtual Fashion was founded in 2009 and has been creating 3D digital designs for gaming and online platforms ever since....

Oxford on Monday announced "goblin mode" as its first word of the year that has been chosen by public vote. What Happened: The word "goblin mode" is a "slang term" that stands for "a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or...

Each trading day features hundreds of headlines and press releases on Benzinga Pro, a source for traders to see the latest news on the overall market and individual tickers. Here is a look at the most-searched stocks on Benzinga Pro for the month of November 2022, ranked in order....

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of months, you’ve likely heard about the metaverse.  Coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel “Snow Crash,” the metaverse is a digital manifestation of life — a new way to live, play and interact. In...

LunaOne is a pioneering hyper-realistic metaverse and hub for the digital self. The company is creating a holistic decentralized society with real estate, work, events, shopping and gaming experiences. The company says the open-world immersive experience has a 1-to-1 representation of reality....

One of the greatest Thanksgiving Day traditions will become more connected to the world of non-fungible tokens for a second straight year. Here are the details. What Happened: The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade has been a staple in American history with 95 years of the New York-based parade...

Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) has unveiled a human-level artificial intelligence gamer that can play the strategy game, Diplomacy — but that is not the end.  What Happened: On Tuesday, Facebook launched CICERO, the "first AI to achieve human-level performance in the...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: META) denied a report Tuesday that founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg is set to resign as early as next year amid the company losing billions on its Metaverse investments. What Happened: The report, published by The Leak, which reports on rumors in politics and tech, cited...

With recent struggles for The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS), a former CEO is being brought in to help steer the company forward. Could that next phase of growth include a deeper connection in the world of Web3? What Happened: Disney announced on Sunday that CEO Bob Chapek has stepped down and is...

You watch your friend tumble from the sky. His jetpack spits out whatever gusts of wind are still in its chamber, but it’s not enough. His head tilts down, and like an arrow just beginning to feel the touch of gravity, he accelerates toward the red-dusted floor. Rocks just from the surface....

Big techs are laying off personnel and freezing hiring for the first time in over a decade, with Amazon Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ: META) in particular starting bigger job cuts. This portends to a further slowdown in growth, Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives said in a note....

A leading non-fungible token and Web3 company announced an acquisition Monday that could help power its ambitions for the metaverse. The acquisition also brings one of the biggest names in the NFT space into the company’s ecosystem. What Happened: Yuga Labs announced it was acquiring...