Virtual worlds

Why Meta’s virtual-reality avatars are finally getting legs

Why is it so hard to build a metaverse avatar — a visual representation of ourselves in the digital world — that walks on two legs?

This July 22, 2019, photo taken from video gives a 360-degree view of Ramadan prayers on the plateau of the Dome of the Rock, which can be seen in The Holy City, a virtual reality experience in the metaverse. (The Holy City VR via AP)

From Mecca to the Vatican, exploring sacred sites with VR

Gucci digitally outfits Gen-Z in metaverse foray with Roblox

Associated Press writer Tamara Lush plays video games during the coronavirus outbreak with the news on the television in the background Oct. 26, 2020, in St. Petersburg, Fla. She started playing Plague, Inc. on her iPad in 2014. A pandemic could never happen in real life, she figured. But six years later, this Florida-based writer is seeking solace in virtual worlds, and found a poignant message in one Nintendo Switch game called Spiritfarer. (AP Photo/Tamara Lush)

VIRUS DIARY: In pandemic, seeking solace in virtual worlds

FILE - In this Friday, Nov. 3, 2017 file photo, a man plays a game at the Paris Games Week in Paris. The World Health Organization says that compulsively playing video games now qualifies as a new mental health condition, in a move that some critics warn may risk stigmatizing its young players. (AP Photo/Kamil Zihnioglu, File)

Compulsive video-game playing could be mental health problem

Going, going, not quite gone: How pandemic changed auctions

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A moment of silence, please, for the good old auction.

Oh, they’re still around.

Angela Henderson-Bentley: Intriguing characters will keep folks returning to Fisher’s latest sci-fi world

When Ironton native Mickey Fisher found himself with a little time off between projects, he bought himself a new toy - a Google Cardboard virtual reality viewer.