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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — I climbed into the front seat of the air taxi, buckled the seat belt and braced as the aircraft lifted off. The futuristic cityscape of Busan, South Korea, dropped away, and a ...

Companies are spotlighting the metaverse at the MWC tech fair even as doubts of its viability have been creeping in following the initial hype

The push is still on for the metaverse even as doubts of its viability have been creeping in as the initial hype wears off. Companies allowed people to fly over futuristic cityscape in South Korea, fight a fire or go inside a human blood vessels at demonstrations at MWC, or Mobile World Congress, the world’s biggest telecom industry trade show. As businesses tout their virtual reality experiences for work and play at the show this week in Barcelona, analysts say there’s skepticism about what...

‘Metaverse has not gone away, but there’s a lot more skepticism about what role it’s going to play’

Companies are spotlighting the metaverse at the MWC tech fair even as doubts of its viability have been creeping in following the initial hype

South Korean company SK Telecoms air taxi mockup was one of the eye-catching demonstrations at Mobile World Congress, the worlds biggest telecom industry trade show. Increasingly in new virtual reality worlds dubbed the metaverse.

<div class="at-above-post addthis_tool" data-url="https://www.metro.us/flights-and-firefighting-companies-push-into-the-metaverse/"></div>BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — I climbed into the front seat of the air taxi, buckled the seat belt and braced as the aircraft lifted off. The futuristic cityscape of Busan, South Korea, dropped away, and a digital avatar popped up on the windscreen with a message. I couldn’t answer as a wave of motion sickness […]<!-...

Metaverse in spotlight at MWC tech fair even as doubts arise