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Mark Zuckerberg, one of the best known businessmen today, shows signs that the Facebook can change from name in the coming weeks – probably during the annual conference that takes place on the 28th – and reveals in an interview that he has plans to immerse his social network in the metaverse. 526v3w
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Metaverse is the name given to the concept of an immersive digital environment, an uncountable amount of three-dimensional virtual spaces where s can interact. It can be said that it is an evolution of the concept of the Internet itself, including virtual worlds and Augmented Reality – which in turn is a combination of interactions between the virtual and real world, something like virtual reality glasses, or Smart Glasses.
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Facebook announced this Monday that it aims to hire more than 10.000 people so that it can build the company's version for the Metaverse, as well as already having a considerable number of employees working with technologies like virtual reality glasses, something Zuckerberg believes will be an integral part of future technology.
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The big company's name change may also have other reasons: the Facebook has come under recent scrutiny by former employees of the company, and with a series of documents delivered to the Wall Street Journal. It is something that comes at a time that is perhaps very opportune to avoid further negative comments about the company. Facebook employees declined to comment on the allegations.
It remains that on October 28, in the regularly scheduled broadcast of the company and Mark Zuckerberg, we expect news about the name change, the use of the metaverse in the company's news and if there will be any kind of response to the allegations.
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Read more here about Mark Zuckerberg's interest in immersing the company in the virtual world.
Source: The Verge, Business Insider, PC Magazine.
