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News Reports

I&B Ministry’s WaveX platform announces the launch of 7 new incubation centres to support Media, Entertainment and AVGC-XR Sector Startups

OpIndia Staff - 24 September, 2025

WaveX, the dedicated startup accelerator platform under the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting’s WAVES initiative, has announced the launch of seven new incubation centers across India

News Reports

Sexual assault in Metaverse: 16-year-old British girl’s avatar virtually ‘gang-raped’ in Meta-owned immersive virtual reality game, UK police launches probe

OpIndia Staff - 3 January, 2024

Police in the UK are investigating after a minor girl's video game character was gang raped by several men in the Metaverse

Tech

ByteDance, TikTok’s owner and Meta, Facebook’s parent company to compete in virtual reality segment

ANI - 13 February, 2023

ByteDance's acquisition of Pico, a Chinese startup making VR headsets triggered a new competition with Meta, whose Instagram and Facebook services have been battling for users and advertising dollars against TikTok as the short-video app soared in popularity.