“AgeTech” searches for a mature audience
Boomers want to get in on mixed reality applications, play video games, and surf social media.
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The beauty business gets an AR makeover
Beauty companies are stocking up on AR.
The metaverse could turn your body into a data collection tool
The metaverse could be way worse for data privacy than traditional social media.
You can buy an AR overlay of any place on Earth
Virtual real estate is here.
Niantic gamifies Bitcoin
Software developer Niantic unveiled a new AR game that allows players to “literally” mine for Bitcoin.
Airbnb for NFTs
A VR company called Spatial is diving into the world of NFT art, allowing artists to use their custom virtual reality environments as digital galleries to showcase and sell their creations.
Niantic plots a “real-world metaverse”
Niantic, the creator of Pokémon Go, is making its AR-focused “real-world metaverse” app creator open source for developers.
Nike gets fit for the metaverse
Some of Nike’s patent filings over the past few years unbox a long-in-the-works play for the metaverse, including digital sneakers, NFT “cryptokicks", and avatars that can compete for virtual gear.
Ray-Ban slips on Facebook vision
Facebook and Ray-Ban have partnered on a pair of smart glasses called Ray-Ban Stories
Gap lets you try virtual drips with Drapr
Gap is suiting up with Drapr.