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Meta Quest Introduces Music Valley Concert Series
Meta Quest introduced the Music Valley concert series via Meta Horizon Worlds, featuring Victoria Monét, Jorja Smith, BLACKPINK, and more.
Meta Quest Introduces Music Valley Concert Series
Meta Quest introduced the Music Valley concert series via Meta Horizon Worlds, featuring Victoria Monét, Jorja Smith, BLACKPINK, and more.
Instagram Threads, The Twitter Killer, Reportedly Launching Today
Instagram Threads is coming today, allegedly.
Meta Quest 3 Will Cost $500 & Arrives This Fall
Meta is still in the VR business and has a new Meta Quest 3 headset on the way.
Meta’s Instagram & Facebook Reels Play Bonus Program Is Coming To An End
If you are a content creator caking off the Reels Play bonus program on Instagram and Facebook, you're going to have to find another way to bring in coins The post Meta’s Instagram & Facebook Reels Play Bonus Program Is Coming To An End appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Thanks, Meta: Trump Returns To Facebook & Instagram
Meta, the parent company of social media platforms Facebook and Instagram, announced the reinstatement of former President Donald Trump's accounts on Wednesday. The post Thanks, Meta: Trump Returns To Facebook & Instagram appeared first on The Latest Hip-Hop News, Music and Media | Hip-Hop Wired.
Meta Releases Sub-Saharan Africa ‘2022 Year In Review’ highlighting key milestones across the region
Tweet Tweet Share Whatsapp reddit Today, Meta released its `2022 Africa Year in Review, capturing some of the company’s investments and initiatives in Sub-Saharan Africa across innovation, its support of SMBs and Creators as well as its work connecting communities. Showcased through an infographic and short video, this highlights Meta’s ongoing milestones and successes across the region, whilst reinforcing its continued investment and commitment to Africa. Commenting, Enitan Denloye, Country Director SSA, Meta said: “We remain invested in Africa and the various communities we support here in the region. Our work continues to be rooted in giving people the power to build community, whilst bringing the world closer together – whether as SMBs, creators or tech innovators...
DJ Diesel Announces VR-Powered “The Shaq’tacular Spectacular” NYE Celebration
Experience the chaos that is a DJ Diesel set from the comfort of your own home, using the power of virtual reality. In a partnership with Meta, the literal biggest DJ in the world, Shaquille O’Neal, has announced a high-profile New Year’s Eve celebration, “The Shaq’tacular Spectacular.” True to his larger-than-life presence, the event will feature a basketball court stage surrounded by a roller rink with professional skaters and athletes, like his partner-in-crime, Rob Gronkowski. DJ Diesel performing at “Shaq’s Fun House” in Miami in 2022. Alive Coverage Diesel also promises a marching band, cheerleaders and other surprises at the one-hour virtual event. As for the musical talent, Diesel himself will of course take the stage and he’...
Meta ‘powering through’ with Metaverse plans despite doubts — Zuckerberg
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is still hopeful about the company’s Metaverse plans regardless of the billions of dollars it’s sucking up from the company, claiming “someone has to build that.” Appearing remotely for an interview at the Nov. 30 DealBook Summit in New York, Zuckerberg was asked his thoughts on whether the tech giants’ Metaverse play was still viable given its cost and the doubts cast over the platform, answering: “I think things look very different on a ten-year time horizon than the zone that we’re in for the next few years […] I’m still completely optimistic about all the things that we’ve been optimistic about.” He added part of “seeing things through” in the longer term was “powering through” the doubts held about its ambitions. Meta’s latest ear...
The metaverse is happening without Meta’s permission
In changing the name of its parent company to Meta, Facebook put a stake in the ground: It would be the symbol of the evolution of the internet, the metaverse. Whether we liked it or not. According to Meta, the metaverse is “a set of digital spaces to socialize, learn, play and more.” Its first true attempt came in the form of Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality universe so lifeless and devoid of content that it has people asking if the metaverse is a step forward or backward. Thankfully, it won’t matter. The metaverse, a term from long before Facebook existed, is happening. Its potential and draw are found in existing places — games like Fortnite, platforms like Roblox and online hubs like Discord. There will be no launch of the metaverse, no switch that turns it on. You’ve been experiencin...
The metaverse is happening without Meta’s permission
In changing the name of its parent company to Meta, Facebook put a stake in the ground: It would be the symbol of the evolution of the internet, the metaverse. Whether we liked it or not. According to Meta, the metaverse is “a set of digital spaces to socialize, learn, play and more.” Its first true attempt came in the form of Horizon Worlds, a virtual reality universe so lifeless and devoid of content that it has people asking if the metaverse is a step forward or backward. Thankfully, it won’t matter. The metaverse, a term from long before Facebook existed, is happening. Its potential and draw are found in existing places — games like Fortnite, platforms like Roblox and online hubs like Discord. There will be no launch of the metaverse, no switch that turns it on. You’ve been experiencin...
‘Metaverse’ a top 3 contender for Oxford’s Word of the Year
The word “Metaverse” is one of three in the running to be crowned the Oxford “Word of the Year” (WOTY) in a competition run by the Oxford University Press (OUP), the publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary. OUP officially announced the launch of the competition and its three finalist words for 2022 on Nov. 22 with this year marking the first time the public can participate in voting for the WOTY. “Metaverse” will compete against the terms “#IStandWith” and “Goblin Mode”. 1️⃣ metaverse Usage increased as we discussed #hybrid working, debated the ethics, and wondered about the feasibility of an entirely online future. pic.twitter.com/Lk0pLfc1mW — Oxford University Press (@OxUniPress) November 22, 2022 In OUP’s video pitch for the Metaverse, it described it as “a hypoth...
