Back in 79 A.D., the lost city in Southern Italy, Pompeii, had been buried by the Vesuvius volcano. The ruins of this ancient Roman city have inspired designers to reimagine the interiors of ancient households in virtual reality (VR).
Medicine is one of the keys to human longevity. Even though we live in an exceptionally medically advanced world, there are still errors and unknown illnesses. To continue to improve accuracy, the medical field must implement more innovation and technology. An example of innovation is the metaverse. The virtual world can radically change the field when it comes to accuracy, education and even organizing consultation sessions. How can it do so? Let’s find out.
Conversing with Sharon Zhang, the co-Founder and CTO of Personal.ai, is an all-embracing experience. She makes you think, she inspires you, and she gets you to believe that anything you can imagine is possible. Most importantly, she understands human nature and innovates to make people’s lives—including her own—easier.
On May 17, 2021, Gucci launched Gucci Garden—a two-week pop-up store on metaverse platform Roblox. The luxury brand displayed some of its most coveted items and invited users to drop their avatars and reapproach their sartorial sensibilities from a blank slate. The pop-up was an ode to the brand’s Creative Director Alessandro Michele, and over 20 million users visited it.
Tech startups and the innovation they bring to various industries have been the center of attention in the business world. However, one sector often goes overlooked: menstrual hygiene products.
In India, many of those who menstruate don’t have access to proper period hygiene products. This has led to a number of problems,
As of January this year, American style icon Kim Kardashian’s shapewear and underwear brand SKIMS is worth US$3.2 billion after raising US$240 million from investors. Though it was embroiled in controversy when it was initially launched, where its original name KIMONO was perceived as culturally insensitive to the traditional Japanese garment, it has now grown into one of the most successful apparel labels in the world.
India’s FinTech industry has been booming over the last several years, with the highest adoption rate in the world, at 87% in 2020. During the same year, the Indian FinTech market was valued at INR 2.3 trillion (approximately US$30 billion), and estimates predict a 24.56% compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2021 and 2026.
“After I had my first child, I was struck by how uninformed I was about my body for this postpartum period. A few things kind of made me think, how is it that (the) information is not accessible? To me? Even somebody who, I would say, is an informed consumer?” says Anca Griffiths, the CEO and founder of online health and wellness platform OM Experts.
Remote work is nothing new, but some of us might have got to experience it for the first time during the pandemic, when companies retreated employees from offices to avoid interpersonal contact. Since then, WFH (work from home) has become a buzzword summarizing the new normal in the global workplace.
If you have been to Egypt and visited heritage buildings, such as the Karnak Temple or the Tomb of Queen Nefertari, you may have had a glimpse of the Egyptian hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs are one of the oldest and most complicated writing forms in history. Decoding hieroglyphic inscriptions is challenging because many were damaged due to antiquity and hence became fragmentary and illegible.
Working from dusk till dawn, your hard-earned money is safely kept in your bank. Say you want to take out a loan from the bank to pay your mortgage, but you are turned down because of your bad credit score. Skimming through your credit card statements, you realize a purchase of lavish items that you have never even heard of or imagined yourself buying. So, who bought them? Most probably, you’ve become a victim of identity theft, and someone used your credit card to pay for all those luxury items.
While many see the metaverse as a place for entertainment and escapism, recent years have seen the rise of sports leagues that exist entirely within it. These leagues have taken advantage of the metaverse’s ability to create realistic and immersive environments to provide their players with a new and unique sports experience.
While we might be in the midst of a global recession, housing prices have remained high this year. The global real estate market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate of 10.5% and reach a value of US$3750 billion in 2022. If properties in the real world seem out of reach, just wait until you hear about how expensive land in the metaverse is.
Imagine this: you arrive at your space wedding on a unicorn while your partner, dressed in the choicest couture, waits at the altar, wielding a sword and rocking Khal Drogo’s built. You get married, you kiss, you dance, and then you shift your wedding party to Spain because, well, why not? Finally, you conclude your wedding by hosting a dance party on Mars with Elon Musk and the Queen in attendance.
This is just the beginning of crypto winter. What do I think about this crypto winter? I look at key businesses, the players and movements,
There are moments in our lives—perhaps we are in the shower or struggling to sleep at 2 A.M.—when we think about all the ways we could influence the world. We find solutions to crypto volatility, world hunger and our neighbor’s ultra-dry plants.
