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Although the metaverse is in its early days, the enabling technologies are approaching a convergence point where some large companies are starting to experiment with it both as a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271953
ISSN: 2633-304X
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The plan actually covers not only the fully immersive digital environments that the term 'virtual reality' (VR) refers to in English, but also 'augmented reality' (AR), in which…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB274022
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The metaverse -- immersive 3D virtual environments seen as the next disruptive iteration of the internet -- is attracting hype and investment in equal measure. Proto-metaverses…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267012
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The music industry and fashion retailers are pioneers in using the metaverse to promote their brands and products and generate revenue from the burgeoning marketplace for virtual…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB267480
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Yet NFTs divide opinion over whether they are a bubble waiting to burst or will redefine ownership of digital assets and become a core element of the metaverse. The two outcomes…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB266562
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The launch last month on two major US futures exchanges of derivative contracts on bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, will broaden bitcoin’s ownership…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB227855
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Foreign governments and multinational business will welcome this but will view it with justified scepticism, given Beijing’s record of using economic coercion to promote its…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261431
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Police know the attackers' identities but are controlling the release of such details until it is time to seek cooperation from the wider public.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB221310
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Telehealth outlook.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB243641
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In the region’s distressed and dysfunctional economies, cryptocurrencies have often become a lifeline for ordinary people, despite volatile prices and a risk of theft. By…