Category: Metaverse

April 14, 2022

Jared Klee

Research Note

HBAR Foundation Allocates $250 Million to Accelerate Hedera Metaverse

Futurum Analyst in Residence Jared Klee analyzes the HBAR Foundation’s $250 Million allocation to accelerate the Hedera Metaverse, exploring how Hedera is positioning itself for enterprise adoption, who else is pursuing similar strategies, and what it will take for adoption to take off.

Blockchain, Emerging Technologies, Metaverse

April 8, 2022

tweiss@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

Lego and Epic Games Are Taking the Metaverse to Children by Co-Building Immersive Digital Play Space for Kids – Is This a Move to Entice Grown-ups to Follow?

Futurum analyst Todd R. Weiss dives into the news that Lego and Fortnite’s Epic Games are collaborating with the aim of creating a safe and fun metaverse experience targeted to children. Weiss explores the possibility that this move is perhaps a tempting carrot to later bring adults into the cloudy metaverse mix, along with a look what other brands are doing as we navigate the nascent stages of the metaverse and what’s ahead.

Metaverse, Workplace Collaboration

March 25, 2022

mdiamond@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

Qualcomm Launches $100 Million Snapdragon Metaverse Fund Designed to be a Launchpad for XR Developers and Spur Innovation

Futurum analyst Michael Diamond discusses Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon Metaverse Fund that is designed to find best-of-breed developers creating rich content for extended reality in the future and spur innovation in the metaverse space.

AR/VR, Digital Transformation, Metaverse

March 18, 2022

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

5 Key Technology Trends From MWC 2022

Mobile World Congress 2022 was back for 2022. Futurum's principal analyst Daniel Newman takes a look at some of the noteworthy announcements along with key analysis of the trends and what lies ahead for the mobile industry and consumer at large.

Automation, Metaverse, Sustainability, Markets, and Policy

March 1, 2022

mdiamond@futurumresearch.com

Research Note

MWC 2022: Qualcomm and the Metaverse

Futurum analyst Michael Diamond covers Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon’s announcement in his MWC 2022 keynote of a partnership with ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, coupled with insight on his vision on how the firm’s Snapdragon chips and Spaces XR Developer Platform will play a key role the global Metaverse market in the future.

AR/VR, Metaverse, Workplace Collaboration

February 17, 2022

Daniel Newman

Analyst Insight

Apple, Meta And The $10 Billion Impact Of Privacy Changes

The potential loss of $10 billion in ad sales revenue accounts for nearly 8% of Facebook’s yearly revenue — and the market reacted, with the stock price dipping 26%. How big was the impact of Apple's IDFA and where does Facebook and parent company Meta go from here?

Data Protection, Metaverse

January 6, 2022

Daniel Newman

Research Note

CES Roundup: NVIDIA Omniverse Now Available for Free for Millions of Creators

Futurum’s principal analyst Daniel Newman explores NVIDIA’s latest updates to the NVIDIA Omniverse, offering insights on what this means for the future of the metaverse in engineering and other similar disciplines.

AR/VR, Digital Transformation, Emerging Technologies, Metaverse

December 3, 2021

Steven Dickens

Research Note

Square Becomes Block – What is Next for Jack Dorsey?

Futurum’s Steven Dickens provides his take on the announcements from Square on its corporate rebranding — morphing from Square to Block — Dorsey stepping down as CEO of Twitter, and where he sees Block focused in the months ahead.

Blockchain, Metaverse

November 5, 2021

Shelly Kramer

Research Note

Microsoft’s Mesh for Teams is Microsoft’s Nod to the Metaverse

The metaverse is clearly in the news of late, and it appears to be on pace to be one of the biggest trends of 2022. Futurum lead analyst Shelly Kramer covers the announcement out of Microsoft’s Ignite event of the launch of its Mesh for Teams, a new offering intended to blend the digital and physical worlds, expected to roll out to users in 2022, and offering insight on what this means for the future of the metaverse in the workplace.

Collaboration Devices and Services, Digital Transformation, Metaverse, Workplace Collaboration

November 2, 2021

Fred McClimans

Futurum Tech Webcast

A Meta View of Facebook’s Meta Rebranding and the Metaverse: What to Expect Today and Tomorrow – Futurum Tech Webcast

In an attempt to distance itself from negative publicity while putting in place a new corporate structure better suited for the future, Facebook has rebranded and restructured itself into a new parent company, Meta, and a suite of individuals brands. In this edition of the Futurum Tech Webcast, analysts Fred McClimans, Olivier Blanchard, Ron Westfall and Steven Dickens take a look at what this means for the future of Meta’s Metaverse.

AR/VR, Digital Home, Metaverse

October 22, 2021

Steven Dickens

Research Note

PayPal and Pinterest in Potential Tie-up

Futurum Research senior analyst, Steven Dickens provides his take on the potential $45 billion acquisition by PayPal of social media platform Pinterest. With social media platforms under the microscope of U.S. and EU regulators and their traditional business models under threat from privacy concerns, they are increasingly turning to the world of finance. The tie up of PayPal and Pinterest would streamline the online shopping journey for 454 million global users and would set the combined company up to be a leader in the nascent world of the metaverse.