Tag: Virtual reality
Miriam Meckel: Ambient Computing: The Alternative to the Metaverse
In 1989, former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev reportedly said, “He who comes too late will be punished by life.” A sentence that could give Vladimir Putin food for thought at…
Facebook group Meta in crisis
Mark Zuckerberg Prosecutors have accused the Facebook founder of being directly involved in decisions in the Cambridge Analytica privacy scandal. (Photo: picture alliance / photothek) san francisco The lawsuit that…
Google wants to reinvent Internet search
Prabhakar Raghavan The Google top manager wants to make the group’s search smarter. san francisco His faucet was dripping and one part was broken, Prabhakar Raghavan explains. The head of…
iPhone manufacturer shows how a company can reinvent itself
Apple CEO Tim Cook Under CEO Tim Cook, Apple increasingly shifted its focus from hardware to additional paid services. (Photo: dpa) The most valuable company in the world is reinventing…
Facebook parent company Meta is growing weakly – the share is increasing
Dusseldorf Mark Zuckerberg’s relief could be heard at the analyst conference. The Meta CEO said he was “proud” of his products. “More people are using our services than ever before,”…
Facebook parent company is growing as weakly as it was last time it went public in 2012
Dusseldorf Mark Zuckerberg’s relief could be heard at the analyst conference. The Meta CEO said he was “proud” of his products. “More people are using our services than ever before,”…
At Meta, the fear of the next stock market tremor remains
Dusseldorf The past quarterly report from Meta Platforms at the beginning of February went down in stock market history. The Facebook parent company reported slower revenue growth, missed profit targets…
These unknown coins are growing particularly strongly
Dusseldorf Regulatory concerns and rising interest rates are affecting the crypto market – but so far they have not been able to stop it. According to data from the analysis…
Facebook: Meta probably plans digital currency
Mark Zuckerberg A few weeks ago, the meta boss advertised his visions at the SXSW tech fair – with moderate success. (Photo: action press) Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, San Francisco The US…
Creative Destruction Column: The Disruption of the Self
My 93-year-old father is also a philosopher of life. One of his frequently quoted sentences deals with the “fragmentary nature of human existence”. What he means by that: People are…
Investors discover the virtual world for themselves
Cologne It’s coming soon: “Welcome to the Metaverse!” Football club Manchester City is building a virtual replica of its stadium together with Sony. Fans should be able to watch every…
Investors discover the virtual world for themselves
Cologne It’s coming soon: “Welcome to the Metaverse!” Football club Manchester City is building a virtual replica of its stadium together with Sony. Fans should be able to watch every…
Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance at SXSW
Mark Zuckerberg The Meta boss was surprisingly seen virtually at the SXSW tech fair. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Austin, Texas He was the surprise virtual guest at South…
Mark Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance at SXSW
Mark Zuckerberg The Meta boss was surprisingly seen virtually at the SXSW tech fair. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Austin, Texas He was the surprise virtual guest at South…
Mark Zuckerberg makes a surprise appearance at SXSW
Mark Zuckerberg The Meta boss was surprisingly seen virtually at the SXSW tech fair. (Photo: © 2021 Bloomberg Finance LP) Austin, Texas He was the surprise virtual guest at South…
Touching the Internet: With haptic technology into the metaverse
Dusseldorf When shopping online, you never know what the fabric of the new top will really feel like or how the latest tech gadget will feel in your hand. But…
Become Snoop Dogg’s neighbor
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. In the early 2000s, a man named Dennis Hope made a name for himself when he seriously claimed…
Neal Stephenson on Tech & the Metaverse
Neal Stephenson The author coined the term metaverse 30 years ago in his cult book “Snow Crash”. (Photo: Shutterstock) San Francisco Bay Area The science fiction author Neal Stephenson coined…
In the Metaverse hype, billions are spent on nonsense
Mark Zuckerberg “The hype surrounding the metaverse will result in billions of euros being spent on nonsense.“ Dusseldorf For people who work professionally with the Internet, it is good manners…
Metaverse: Kaufland and Walmart expand
Dusseldorf, New York At first glance, it all seems like a lot of fun: the supermarket chain Kaufland has named an island “Kaufisland” that it acquired for the successful game…