Wall Street Journal

Judge Hears FTC’s Bid to Block Meta From Acquiring Virtual-Reality App Maker

A tech industry battle is taking shape over the metaverse. WSJ’s Meghan Bobrowsky explains the concept and why tech companies like Facebook, Roblox and Epic Games are investing billions to develop ...
Wall Street Journal

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Testifies in FTC Case to Block Virtual-Reality Deal

Related Video: It’s one topic that came up again and again at WSJ Tech Live: the metaverse. While Mark Zuckerberg is spending billions on the virtual platform, tech leaders from Snap CEO Evan Spiegel ...
The New York Times

Judge Is Said to Let Meta’s Virtual Reality Deal Move Forward

The ruling is a defeat for the Federal Trade Commission, which used a rare antitrust argument to try to block Meta’s acquisition of a small start-up. By David McCabe and Sheera Frenkel David McCabe ...
Forbes

The Metaverse And Its Dark Side: Confronting The Reality Of Virtual Rape

The police in the UK are currently investigating a virtual rape in the metaverse involving a young girl under the age of 16 who was sexually attacked by a gang of adult men in an immersive video game.
CNN

Tech promised virtual reality would revolutionize entertainment. That moment might finally be closer than we think.

Virtual reality was supposed to transform entertainment. At least, that was the expectation roughly a decade ago with the arrival of the Oculus Rift, the first virtual reality (VR) headset that many ...