Now playing Next Work These are the jobs that will need filling in the metaverse Progressive technologists are carving out a vision for the future of jobs in the metaverse. There are new virtual careers up for grabs. 14/02/2022
Now playing Next Green News Euroviews. Can a love of music unite people in the fight against climate change? Linda Adams, head of partnerships at Ecologi writes about how artists can inspire environmental action and get involved in the climate conversation. 14/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Why are people shelling out millions on virtual land in the metaverse? Sales of digital land plots sold as NFTs topped €440 million in 2021 and that figure is set to double in 2022. 11/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News You may soon be able to order your McDonald’s in the metaverse The trademarks include "virtual food and beverage products, operating a virtual restaurant online featuring home delivery" and "virtual concerts". 11/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News YouTube considers NFTs and watching games in the metaverse The tech giant said it could harness the emerging technologies to cut fraud in the fast-growing digital art market. 10/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Will the EU regulate the metaverse? It's looking likely "The metaverse is here already. So of course we start analysing what will be the role for a regulator," said the EU's Margrethe Vestager. 08/02/2022
Now playing Next Money DeFi explained: What is it and will it replace banks? Bitcoin was developed as a decentralised payment system but decentralised finance, or DeFi, proposes to do much more than that. 07/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Facebook announces new tool to stop metaverse sexual harassment One test user recently described the experience of being gang-raped by men in the metaverse. Is Facebook's new tool enough to stop it from happening? 06/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Facebook lost daily users for the first time ever. Here's why Newly-renamed Meta is investing heavily in its futuristic metaverse project, but for now, relies on advertising revenue for nearly all its income. 03/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Why are couples getting married in the metaverse and is it legal? “We just felt like since we met in the metaverse that it would make sense to get married there,” said Traci Gangnon who married Dave in a virtual ceremony. 02/02/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meet the church pastor helping worshippers find God in the metaverse A pastor didn’t realise how much the metaverse would take off when he established VR Church in 2016. But partly due to COVID, attendance is soaring. 01/02/2022
Now playing Next Art Botticelli's Jesus Christ portrait in record books after €40m sale 'Man of Sorrows' went on sale at Sotheby's New York on January 27, exceeding even the highest of expert deal estimates by millions of euros. 28/01/2022
Now playing Next Partner content Do your research warn NFT experts as fraud daubs commercial metaverse PARTNER CONTENT PRESENTED BY DEPARTMENT OF TOURISM AND COMMERCE MARKETING DUBAI With NFT fraud on the rise, experts are warning would-be investors to 'DYOR' – do your own research – before buying non-fungible tokens representing ownership of digital assets. 26/01/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Meta is building the world's fastest supercomputer Facebook's parent company Meta said that it has created a new artificial intelligence supercomputer that it believes will be the fastest in the world. 25/01/2022
Now playing Next Tech News Explained: Why Microsoft's Activision deal could shake up gaming Microsoft's takeover of Activision shows gaming will be at the heart of the metaverse but it may yet be foiled by antitrust regulators. 19/01/2022
Now playing Next Art Street artist KAWS brings augmented reality to London's Serpentine American contemporary artist KAWS has opened a new exhibition at Serpentine in London, which features ten pieces accessible only via AR technology. 19/01/2022
Now playing Next Culture news Microsoft buys company that makes Candy Crush and Call of Duty The deal will make Microsoft one of the biggest game producers in the world, making them more competitive with tech giants like Meta in the creation of the metaverse 19/01/2022