Metaverse: Facebook's new avatar - Part 2
In part 1 of the article , we introduced the metaverse and provided a definition of what it consists of and how it works. Let us look at Facebook’s vision of metaverse and who are the other players in the market. Facebook's vision of metaverse? The tech giant formerly known as Facebook has already made significant investments in virtual reality, including the 2014 acquisition of Oculus. Meta envisions a virtual world where digital avatars connect through work, travel or entertainment using VR headsets. Zuckerberg has been bullish on the metaverse, believing it could replace the internet as we know it. As per per news release from Facebook aka Meta, the metaverse will feel like a hybrid of today’s online social experiences, sometimes expanded into three dimensions or projected into the physical world. It will let you share immersive experiences with other people even when you can’t be together — and do things together you couldn’t do in the physical world. It’...