VideoMark Zuckerberg – founder and CEO of Facebook – has presented his plans for what he calls the metaverse world. Under the name Meta, he wants to combine the digital and physical world in the metaverse. Tens of thousands of people around the world followed his presentation that lasted more than an hour and a half.
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Foreign editors
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28-10-21, 22:34
Facebook’s parent company is changing its name to Meta. Until now, the group behind the social network was also simply called Facebook. But according to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the new name fits better with the future he has in mind for the American group. The social media app will continue to be called Facebook.
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A new world
Through a live stream, Zuckerberg took the viewer along in his virtual reality vision and Facebook’s future plans. In the metaverse you no longer look at the internet, but you are an active part of it. “The metaverse will be a place where people can communicate, work and create products,” said Zuckerberg, who hopes it will create millions of jobs. Among other things, he presented a series of new concepts in the fields of work, games and social gatherings.
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According to Zuckerberg, you will soon be able to join your friends on the other side of the world with holograms and avatars to play a game of chess. This would also have great advantages in terms of work. Meetings no longer need to be attended in person, but the new digital layer makes it seem like you just step into the meeting room. A concert on the other side of the world? In the metaverse you are in the concert hall at the push of a button.
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It’s the next chapter of our work
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Next version of the internet
“It’s the next chapter of our work,” Zuckerberg said. The goal is to be able to reach about 1 billion people with this within ten years. He emphasized that the privacy and security of the users must be guaranteed from day 1. He further spoke of the ‘next version of our internet’ in which virtual and augmented reality will have a major impact. Zuckerberg also said that Facebook is now primarily seen as a social media company, but that technology is in their DNA to connect people.
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Skeptics point out that all this appears to be an attempt to divert attention from the storm of criticism of the company. For example, Facebook is said to have ignored internal reports and warnings about possible damage that the social network would have caused among its users.
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