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The metaverse is already changing consumer behaviour and businesses need to adapt, according to the chief risk officer at Penneys. Picture: Getty

Metaverse is ‘fundamentally changing how consumers behave’ – Penneys chief risk officer

Traditional businesses are ‘struggling’ with technological change

Technology Sarah Taaffe-Maguire

Whose idea of fun is it to strap on a VR headset to attend a work meeting? Are we as a culture in need of even more immersion in digital worlds rather than, as many would suggest, more real-life interaction with each other? Picture: Getty

Big tech seems to be falling into line behind the concept of the metaverse, but is it a solution looking for a problem?

Whose idea of fun is it to strap on a VR headset to attend a work meeting? And are we as a culture in need of even more immersion in digital worlds rather than, as many would suggest, more real-life interaction with each other?

Connected Alex Meehan

The planetary crisis means companies across the EU will now have to report on their environmental impacts. Picture: Getty

John Walsh: Change is coming but business far from ready for its challenges or opportunities

Climate change regulations and cybersecurity are the two key issues facing Irish companies but the majority are ill-prepared for dealing with the new requirements

Companies John Walsh

Peggy Johnson of Magic Leap at the Web Summit in Lisbon: ‘the bigger opportunity is AR’. Picture: Sportsfile

Magic Leap boss wants a broader metaverse vision

Peggy Johnson, chief executive of the leading AR and VR firm, sees far more potential in the field than is yet being tapped by Zuckerberg

Connected Emmet Ryan

The question over VR is whether it will be games, or corporate and educational VR which fuels its move towards the cultural mainstream

On the cusp of a new reality

Facebook’s move towards the metaverse is both symptom and catalyst of the virtual reality revolution which is on the way. Róisín Kiberd investigates

Connected Róisín Kiberd