It’s either the next evolution of the internet or the latest corporate buzzword to get investors excited over some nebulous innovation that may not even come to pass over the next decade. Either way, ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta a few years ago, the idea was that the VR metaverse would become a huge pillar for the ...

Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial ...

In October 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent his trillion-dollar social media company into a new direction. Facebook changed its name to Meta and Zuckerberg set his sights on a new horizon, the ...

Facebook parent Meta (FB) is banking on the metaverse to save it from plateauing user numbers and competition from the likes of TikTok. But the social media giant blew its first real chance at giving ...

The OASIS Consortium, a think tank that brings together execs of metaverse platforms, published some of the first ...

The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

A version of this story will appear in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook shot up 7% early Thursday in ...

Facebook has rebranded itself as Meta, banking on the metaverse becoming a significant part of our lives. Not everyone is happy with the company... Facebook bets its future on the metaverse AUDIE ...

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...