Anton Battesti, number 2 of the Meta France group (ex Facebook), will be in Villeurbanne this Tuesday, February 21. He comes to inaugurate the very first academy of the metaverse on the territory.
Created in partnership with Simplon.co, this academy aims to train around twenty students free of charge in the professions of designer of immersive technologies and metaverse support technicians.
“Boosting this internet of the future”
Officially, this pilot program aims to respond to “business demand for emerging skills and professions related to metaverses”. But it is also, and above all, for the Gafa to create skills to try to boost this internet of the future.
The boss of Meta, Mark Zuckerberg, indeed firmly believes that the future of the web lies in virtual reality. That everyone will wear, tomorrow, a virtual or augmented reality headset to work, shop, play… Thus, Meta has already invested 14 billion dollars to reap the possible benefits. Only, for now, it doesn’t take…
