Zuckerberg is going big on what he sees as the next generation of the internet because he thinks it’s going to be a big part of the digital economy.įacebook employees take a photo with the company’s new name and logo outside its headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. Is Facebook going all-in on the Metaverse? Making it work will require competing technology platforms to agree on a set of standards, so there aren’t “people in the Facebook metaverse and other people in the Microsoft metaverse,” Petrock said. Tech companies still have to figure out how to connect their online platforms to each other. “A lot of the metaverse experience is going to be around being able to teleport from one experience to another,” Zuckerberg says. The headsets cost $300 or more, putting the metaverse’s most cutting-edge experiences out of reach for many.įor those who can afford it, users would be able, through their avatars, to flit between virtual worlds created by different companies. Instead of seeing co-workers on a video call grid, employees could join them in a virtual office.įacebook has launched meeting software for companies, called Horizon Workrooms, to use with its Oculus VR headsets, though early reviews have not been great.
The metaverse could also be a game-changer for the work-from-home shift amid the coronavirus pandemic.
