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By Hiral Rana Dholakiya The eCommerce industry has witnessed unprecedented growth in the past few years.  And, guess what?  It isn’t going to slow down anytime soon.  Studies show that eCommerce sales are expected to rise by 16.8% in 2022, to $4.921 trillion.  It...

Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ: FB) is rolling out parental supervision on its Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets. What Happened: Beginning April, parents will be able to create an “unlock pattern” as an extra security layer to prevent access to Quest headsets. Meta will...

Legal psychedelic medicine is poised to soon disrupt the multibillion-dollar mental health field. Treatments being trialed today in clinical settings using substances like psilocybin-containing mushrooms will soon offer legal alternatives to the more than 50 percent of patients receiving therapy...

Augmented reality and virtual reality are terms that have been around for years and several publicly traded companies have built entire business lines around the growth concepts. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced a rebrand to Meta as it bets fully on the growth of the metaverse. AR and VR stocks...

Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced recently it would be getting a new name to better coincide with the company’s vision of betting big on the metaverse. On Thursday, the company shared its new name and announced plans to change its stock symbol. What Happened: Facebook Inc will change its...

Social media giant Facebook, Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) hosted its Facebook Connect Conference Wednesday to outline the next steps in the company's long-term push toward augmented and virtual reality technology, according to BofA Securities.  The Facebook Analyst: Justin Post maintains a Buy...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) on Thursday confirmed to Bloomberg that it had acquired virtual reality startup NextVR. What Happened "Apple buys smaller technology companies from time to time, and we generally do not discuss our purpose or plans," a spokesperson for the Cupertino-based...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is considering acquiring the video service firm NextVR for $100 million, according to an unconfirmed report by 9to5Mac.  The company produces virtual reality video from special events and has partnerships with organizations including the NBA, Wimbledon and...

Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) and Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA)-owned Universal Pictures have partnered with the company holoride to create an in-car virtual reality experience at Universal CityWalk.  The experience will be offered to guests for a limited time Oct. 14-Nov. 9, powered by...

Legal teams at the world’s top tech companies are bracing for a new era — one that aligns the real world with an increasingly expansive virtual one. Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB)’s Oculus and Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG)’s Daydream already market virtual reality...

Will 2018 be the year that smart glasses finally take hold? As Vuzix Corp (NASDAQ: VUZI) unveils its Blade augmented reality smart glasses at CES in Las Vegas this week, one analyst is expecting big growth prospects from the company.  The Analyst Christian Schwab of Craig-Hallum Capital...

Technological innovations today transcend the wildest of all imagination. Breakthrough products such as smartphones engendered by science and technology have now become sine qua non for all demographics, so much so that people look lost and forlorn when separated from them even for the smallest of...

Tigress Financial Partners said in a note Thursday Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) continues to prove it can monetize its users. The firm said the company's business performance continues to increase, driven by greater monthly and daily active users, which is fueling strong gains in advertising revenue...