What I read this week...

Roblox journey to a billion users; Industrial metaverse; Activision Blizzard joins Microsoft; John Riccitiello leaves Unity; and more

• CEO David Baszucki’s mission to make Roblox a billion-player platform (Nilay Patel & Alex Heath, The Verge)

• Exploring the Industrial Metaverse: A Roadmap to the Future (World Economic Forum)

• Activision Blizzard officially joining Microsoft (Activision Blizzard corporate blog)

• John Riccitiello is out at Unity, effective immediately (Sean Hollister, The Verge)

  • Shareholder fall guy: Riccitiello's exit isn't the good news you think it is (Joost van Dreunen)

• On that Amazing Mark and Lex Demo (Philip Rosedale)

• MeetKai and Charlotte Hornet’s launch NBA’s first virtual fan store (Dean Takahashi, VentureBeat)

• AI-enabled military metaverse is like a 'multiplayer video game': former pilot (Fox News)

• NFT Startup Yuga Labs Is Laying Off U.S. Employees Amid Its Ongoing Pivot to a Gaming Metaverse

• CARU Releases Guidelines for Advertising to Children in the Metaverse (National Law Review)