Apple Vision Pro
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Apple’s Vision Pro won’t make the metaverse happen

Apple wants to strap a MacBook to your face. Is ‘spacial computing’ worth the asking price? On this podcast, we talk Canadian tech and…

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Prevu3D raises $13.3 million CAD to help enterprises take “‘first steps”’ into industrial metaverse
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Prevu3D raises $13.3 million CAD to help enterprises take “‘first steps”’ into industrial metaverse

Prevu3D claims 3D digital twins can reduce industrial carbon footprint. Montréal startup Prevu3D, which provides 3D scanning technologies, has announced the closing of a…

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CocoNFT
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Token.com’s metaverse subsidiary acquires NFT minting platform CocoNFT

Metaverse Group aims to use CocoNFT’s platform to expand in the creator economy. Vancouver-based startup CocoNFT, which provides an NFT minting platform for social…

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Mozilla Hubs
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S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside Mozilla’s bid to enter the metaverse

Plus: Applyboard lays off customer experience employees. The SaaS Weekly is a weekly newsletter covering major SaaS news from Canada and around the globe….

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Mozilla Hubs
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Mozilla acquires Canadian-founded startups Pulse, Active Replica to fuel metaverse strategy

The company behind web browser Firefox wants to deliver its own metaverse. Mozilla Organization, the company that created the web browser Firefox, has completed…

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Tobi Lütke Shopify
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Making future bets on Shopify, Wealthsimple & the metaverse

Come on the podcast, Tobi. If our last monthly AMA episode was about reacting to recent tech news, this episode of the BetaKit Podcast—where…

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Metaverse startup TerraZero seeks TSX-V listing through reverse takeover
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Metaverse startup TerraZero seeks TSX-V listing through reverse takeover

TerraZero is owned by the parent company of crypto trader Netcoins. A portfolio company of Netcoins parent company Bigg Digital Assets is preparing to…

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Blockchain-Based Sports Gaming Is Now Possible Due to LootMogul Metaverse!
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Blockchain-Based Sports Gaming Is Now Possible Due to LootMogul Metaverse!

You’ve presumably encountered the phrase “metaverse” a lot if you spend significant time on social media networks. Perhaps Facebook had also rebranded as “Meta.” However,…

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The Frontier Collective
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Frontier Collective to launch flagship summit for metaverse and Web3 leaders

Frontier wants to bring leaders from Adobe, LG, Microsoft to Vancouver. Vancouver not-for-profit organization Frontier Collective has announced that its flagship summit is set…

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White Star Capital, Coveo alum-led Lighthouse Labs closes $9.1 million CAD to build a search platform for the metaverse
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White Star Capital, Coveo alum-led Lighthouse Labs closes $9.1 million CAD to build a search platform for the metaverse

Montréal’s Lighthouse Labs aims to “be the Google” for virtual worlds. What the hell does that mean? Armed with $9.1 million CAD ($7 million…

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