As part of its wider job cuts, Microsoft has laid off a number of staff involved with the metaverse, virtual, and mixed reality. Microsoft plans to sunset the social VR platform AltspaceVR, which it ...

The tech giant has decimated its Altspace, HoloLens, and mixed reality teams as the company CEO talked about making 'changes to our hardware portfolio.' Reading time 3 minutes After the dust cleared ...

AltspaceVR has had a few close calls over the years, but the company that built virtual social spaces well before “metaverse” was a household word is shuttering for good this time. After announcing ...

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You may be feeling a sense of deja vu at news that social virtual reality platform AltspaceVR is being closed down. This almost happened once before, after its developers announced in 2017 they didn't ...

You’ll also need a Microsoft Account for AltspaceVR soon You’ll also need a Microsoft Account for AltspaceVR soon is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, ...

When it’s your job to maintain peace in the club, head-butting is a pretty good reason to boot a guest and ban them for life. But when you’re a bouncer in the metaverse, you learn quickly that a ...