Virtual reality, autonomous weapons and the future of war: military tech startup Anduril comes to Australia
AndurilEarlier this month, posters started going up around Sydney advertising an event called “In the Ops Room, with Palmer Luckey”....
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The metaverse isn’t here yet, but it already has a long history
As far back as the late '80s people could venture into a virtual online world. Screenshot of Habitat from Lucasfilm...
Mobile app offers new learning tools for anatomy students. But tech isn’t a silver bullet
The Anat_Hub app gives anatomy students a new way to really peer into the human musculoskeletal system. Donenko Oleksii/ShutterstockFor most...
How we describe the metaverse makes a difference – today’s words could shape tomorrow’s reality and who benefits from it
The metaverse might be a work in progress, but a key prototype – the virtual world – has been around...
What is the metaverse, and what can we do there?
What will it take for the metaverse to live up to its potential? (Shutterstock)You’ve likely heard recently how the metaverse...
How the metaverse could change the purpose and feel of cities
A future marked by the Metaverse may fundamentally change how we operate on a daily basis. (Marc Lee/Wikimedia Commons), CC...
Working in the metaverse: what virtual office life could look like
In the context of work, the digital divide has become less about access to devices and connectivity and more about...
From Reddit to Sea of Thieves to Grand Theft Auto: how online games are shaped by the communities that use them
Sea of Theives/RareIn 2015, well before the first iteration of r/place – a celebration of the collaborative chaos of online...
Can you truly own anything in the metaverse? A law professor explains how blockchains and NFTs don’t protect virtual property
In 2021, an investment firm bought 2,000 acres of real estate for about US$4 million. Normally this would not make...
Abba and Tupac in the metaverse: how digital avatars could be the bankable future of band touring
Matt Brown/Wikipedia, CC BY-SAIt was a technological feat that made history, wowed audiences and brought a dead rapper back to...
