Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Inworld AI, a company that aims to develop a platform that enables users to create AI-driven virtual characters which can be used to populate virtual worlds, announced today that it has raised $7 million in seed funding. […]
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What the metaverse means for brand experiences
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. With the cloud and the edge in place and 5G networking just around the corner, innovative minds are turning to the next question: What, exactly, are we going to do with this infrastructure? Increasingly, the answer is […]
Metaverse studio Melon announces its first original game in Roblox
Join gaming leaders online at GamesBeat Summit Next this upcoming November 9-10. Learn more about what comes next. Roblox-centric developer Melon today announced it was releasing its first original game within the metaverse. It’s called Jump Kingdoms. In Jump Kingdoms, gamers play as Pals, brightly colored creatures they can customize (these characters are unique to […]
The metaverse will not look the way Facebook imagines it
A new GamesBeat event is around the corner! Learn more about what comes next. Much has been said about the metaverse recently, thanks to Mark Zuckerberg’s announcement that Facebook would be evolving into a “metaverse” company. The ensuing commentaries have been numerous, with many imagining a world parallel to the real world, existing with one […]
Metaverse startups must heed the mistakes of the past 40 years of virtual worlds
When it comes to the development of the metaverse, we think of companies like Epic Games with Fortnite and Roblox with its huge world, or the visions of the future from and films like Ready Player One. These are all huge undertakings from huge companies. Yet the metaverse won’t just be the domain of big […]