What is the Metaverse?

 

It looks like a science fiction scene, but Mark Zuckerberg himself made it clear: in time it will become naturalized. This is the metaverse, an immersive new experience that Meta, the company that until a few weeks ago had the name of Facebook and that groups its products Facebook (the social network does keep its name), Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus, gave its version.

Along with the name change (Facebook Inc. to Meta Inc.) was the novelty that Zuckerberg announced on October 28^th before more than 22,000 people connected to the company’s annual conference, Connect. "The metaverse will allow richer experiences by allowing us to add new layers to the world we can interact with," the CEO explained.

Metaverse is a virtual universe as if the internet became a space to live things that happen in real life. Your holographic image, or avatar, could be in a concert where your friends are in the real world. You could also go cycling while you are at home or meet your co-workers who are physically in New York while you are still in Searcy.

You may be wondering when this will be available. There is no date. The metaverse requires a very large infrastructure that not even the big technology companies now have, all this will be digital, and Meta must figure out how to store it in the cloud.

Zuckerberg pointed out in his lecture that is what he has always wanted to create. He even had this idea before creating Facebook. "It is the holy grail of online experiences". Meta has already begun the race. Meta announced the creation of 10,000 new jobs in Europe in the next five years to work on it. In fact, he has already invested in Horizon, a virtual social world that is in a private beta testing stage.

References:

1. https://about.facebook.com/meta?utm_source=Google&utm_medium=paid-search&utm_campaign=metaverse&utm_content=post-launch