Mixed-reality platform, Microsoft Mesh, will allow people to join and share the same virtual experience wherever they are in the world. The system was announced at the company’s Ignite digital conference, earlier this month. While augmented reality overlays virtual objects in front of you, mixed reality allows the user to interact with what they can […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
Women’s safety: Smartphone tips shared online
People in the UK have been sharing personal safety tips on social media following the death of Sarah Everard who disappeared as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London last week. Police have confirmed that a body found in woodland near Ashford in Kent is that of the 33-year-old marketing executive. Metropolitan […]
What are NFTs and why are some worth millions?
A digital-only artwork has sold at Christie’s auction house for an eye-watering $69m (£50m) – but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture, painting or even a print. Instead, they get a unique digital token known as an NFT. Where Bitcoin was hailed as the digital answer to currency, NFTs are now being touted […]
Roblox: David Baszucki worth $4.6bn as shares soar
Chief executive of Roblox David Baszucki may well be letting out the “Oof” sound made famous by the game, after the firm’s debut on Wall Street netted him $4.6bn (£3.3bn). The gaming platform has risen in value by 60% to $47bn after its first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. It means […]