XR Today - Virtual Reality

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

Barbados was the first to enter the virtual world with an online embassy on Decentraland, becoming the first-ever country to host sovereign real estate on the Metaverse. Other governments have begun rapidly adopting metaverse technologies to test numerous use cases for citizens, clients, and colleagues.

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XR Today - Virtual Reality

AUGUST 27, 2023

Essentially, it’s a form of digital real estate, which provides buyers with access to packages or parcels of land in virtual worlds, often managed on decentralized, blockchain ecosystems. Samsung created a virtual world in Decentraland, where it hosts events like the #RecycleUp Fashion show.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

JULY 27, 2022

Matthew Ball, one of the world’s top experts on the Metaverse , said in a recent statement that interoperability would remain one of the key tasks to building the Metaverse to connect immersive worlds under common standards.

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XR Today - Mixed Reality tag

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Conversely, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and other respective tax collection bureaucracies could force users to file taxes on their holdings in the virtual world. However, enforcing US tax laws in the Metaverse could pose significant challenges, requiring metaverse platforms to withhold taxes.

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Tech Trends VR

APRIL 6, 2018

Those looking for the VR OASIS of Ready Player One should head out to the deserts of the UAE. This is an opportunity to help transform the UAE from a technology consumer to a technology creator, incubating expertise for a new global industry, in line with the UAE’s Vision 2021.”.

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VRScout

MARCH 21, 2017

In an attempt to bring the immersive attraction to several locations outside the United States, The VOID hyper-reality experience has partnered with UAE-based holding company Meraas to open a brand new location right in the heart of the beautiful city of Dubai later this week.

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VRScout

MARCH 26, 2018

This is an opportunity to help transform the UAE from a technology consumer to a technology creator, incubating expertise for a new global industry, in line with the UAE’s Vision 2021.”. Looking around at what they managed to build in the real world, it’s hard not to take them seriously.

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