What is Facebook Metaverse?

The Facebook metaverse refers to Facebook (or, Meta's) contribution to the metaverse. It's a virtual reality-based social platform. Here is how Meta describes Facebook metaverse: "The metaverse is the next evolution in social connection and the successor to the mobile internet" [ 1 ].

Why is Facebook rebranding itself as'metaverse'?

(AP: Photo/Eric Risberg) Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg says his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what he calls the "metaverse". Mark Zuckerberg says the metaverse will be a virtual environment where users can connect, work and create products and content

What are Metaverses and how do they work?

Most metaverses being discussed are massively multiplayer spaces with avatars and worlds and persistent players or creative tools. Facebook's upcoming social platform, Horizon, is an example of this: The avatar-based app will work in VR, but Facebook intends for it to work in AR as well, and on regular laptops and phones.

What is a'metaverse'?

Metaverse is a broad term. It generally refers to shared virtual world environments which people can access via the internet. The term can refer to digital spaces which are made more lifelike by the use of virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR). Read more: Facebook to hire 10,000 in European Union to help build online ‘metaverse’