Fb CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been producing news currently by chatting about the “metaverse.” Zuckerberg suggests it’s the long run of Facebook — and the web. He’s so dedicated to the notion that he intends to hire 10,000 Europeans to get the job done on it, and even adjust the title of his business from Facebook to a metaverse-similar model. [Editor’s note: Announced on October 28, the new company name is Meta.]
Are we all likely to reside and get the job done in Facebook’s “metaverse”?
What is the metaverse?
Creator Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” for his 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash. In his telling, the “metaverse” is a digital actuality variation of the web, wherever an substitute universe exists in a shared VR area working with serious-earth principles like roadways, buildings, rooms, and each day objects. Men and women move all around in this universe