YouTube Plans To Make Gaming Videos Immersive in Metaverse Push

YouTube said it will start creating metaverse experiences on its video platform, beginning with gaming, following competitors' investments in the buzzy category. From a report: 'We'll work to bring more interactions to games and make them feel more alive,' Neal Mohan, YouTube's chief product officer, said Thursday in a blog post. 'It's still early days, but we're excited to see how we can turn these virtual worlds into a reality for viewers.' The world's largest video site, owned by Alphabet's Google, has supported virtual-reality videos since 2016. Google released its VR platform Cardboard in 2014 and a much-derided augmented reality device, Google Glass, in 2013. Still, the company has been slower than rivals to discuss its plans for the much-hyped metaverse -- an immersive digital world where users will interact with digital objects and one another. While many are skeptical that the metaverse is much more than a rebranding of VR, others in the tech industry think it will be the next major platform for social media, gaming, digital asset ownership and more. Google has its own VR/AR division but hasn't released plans for any device in the field.

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