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Apple has announced its first VR headset

Apple Vision Pro won't solve the problems with virtual reality

5 June 2023

Apple’s Vision Pro headset announced at WWDC 2023 blends virtual and real-world experiences together. But it still has many of the same problems as other headsets
Author Neal Stephenson onstage at the 2022 SXSW Conference and Festival

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants to build a metaverse open to all

29 September 2022

The science-fiction author who coined the term metaverse in his 1992 novel Snow Crash is going head-to-head with Meta and Microsoft to create an open-source platform for creating virtual worlds

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