You don’t have to be a Snow Crash or Tron fan to be familiar with the 3D craze that characterized the rise of the Internet and the World Wide Web in particular. From phrases like ‘surfing the ...

A new open source framework called KataSpace brings 3D virtual worlds to the Web with open standards like WebGL and WebSockets.

When Mark Zuckerberg announced the rebranding of Facebook to its new moniker Meta on Oct 28th, 2021, millions globally were captivated by his Pixar-style demonstration of how they envisioned the ...

The 3D virtual world has generated lots of buzz during the last couple years and while some observers are still wondering what to make of the new wave of immersive technology, a company called NAVER Z ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More As this is the final piece of our “Building the Metaverse” series, I find ...

LONDON (Reuters) - IBM is ramping up its push into virtual worlds with an investment of roughly $10 million over the next 12 months, including an expanded presence within the popular 3D online ...

A company called Genkii is hoping to rope a chunk of the 40-million worldwide web-connected phones and iTouches into a new 3D avatar-based virtual world, Sparkle. Too bad virtual worlds died around 4 ...

“There is a different way to represent 3D graphics than how everything else does it these days.” So begins one of the most interesting presentations of last month’s San Francisco conference week.