{"id":4425,"date":"2022-01-20T06:36:03","date_gmt":"2022-01-20T05:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/microsofts-activision-merger-faces-real-world-barriers-to-metaverse-mission\/"},"modified":"2022-01-20T06:36:03","modified_gmt":"2022-01-20T05:36:03","slug":"microsofts-activision-merger-faces-real-world-barriers-to-metaverse-mission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/microsofts-activision-merger-faces-real-world-barriers-to-metaverse-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft\u2019s Activision merger faces real-world barriers to metaverse mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Suspicious US regulators and a problematic culture at the video game firm need to be overcome to realise AR vision<\/p>\n<p>If the world of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2021\/nov\/10\/call-of-duty-vanguard-review-nostalgic-warfare-that-takes-us-back-to-the-start\">Call of Duty<\/a> seems fraught enough when you are playing it, try being in it. That could be the consequence of Microsoft\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/18\/microsofts-activision-plan-shows-gaming-will-be-at-heart-of-metaverse\">proposed $68.7bn (\u00a350.4bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard<\/a>, the video games maker behind the shoot \u2019em up franchise. Announcing the deal, Satya Nadella, Microsoft\u2019s chief executive, said that gaming would \u201cplay a key role in the development of metaverse platforms\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The metaverse is a catch-all term for an immersive experience that blends the physical and digital worlds through a mixture of virtual and augmented reality. This concept is years away from being fully realised, but it is envisaged that participants \u2013 using digital representations of themselves, or avatars \u2013 will access it through a virtual reality headset, or augmented reality (AR) glasses that put a digital layer over what they see in the real world. In the metaverse they can socialise with friends, carry out their job \u2013 or take part in a video game.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2022\/jan\/20\/microsofts-activision-merger-faces-real-world-barriers-to-metaverse-mission\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/03259cd639c6f33f477466827d962918ad4097d8\/0_14_3500_2101\/master\/3500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=90b694a6dd9658656bfab4a6b6fb5aee\" title=\"Microsoft\u2019s Activision merger faces real-world barriers to metaverse mission\" \/>Suspicious US regulators and a problematic culture at the video game firm need to be overcome to realise AR vision<br \/>\nIf the world of Call of Duty seems fraught enough when you are playing it, try being in it. That could be the consequence of Microsoft\u2019s proposed $68.7bn (\u00a350.4bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the video games maker behind the shoot \u2019em up franchise. Announcing the deal, Satya Nadella, Microsoft\u2019s chief executive, said that gaming would \u201cplay a key role in the development of metaverse platforms\u201d.<br \/>\nThe metaverse is a catch-all term for an immersive experience that blends the physical and digital worlds through a mixture of virtual and augmented reality. This concept is years away from being fully realised, but it is envisaged that participants \u2013 using digital representations of themselves, or avatars \u2013 will access it through a virtual reality headset, or augmented reality (AR) glasses that put a digital layer over what they see in the real world. In the metaverse they can socialise with friends, carry out their job \u2013 or take part in a video game. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Suspicious US regulators and a problematic culture at the video game firm need to be overcome to realise AR vision If the world of Call of Duty seems fraught enough when you are playing it, try being in it. That could be the consequence of Microsoft\u2019s proposed $68.7bn (\u00a350.4bn) acquisition of Activision Blizzard, the video &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/01\/20\/microsofts-activision-merger-faces-real-world-barriers-to-metaverse-mission\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Microsoft\u2019s Activision merger faces real-world barriers to metaverse mission<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":4426,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4425"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4425\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4426"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}