Mark Zuckerberg, Envisions Facebook, as an Online<br />'Metaverse'.<br />Mark Zuckerberg, Envisions Facebook, as an Online<br />'Metaverse'.<br />The BBC reports that Facebook CEO <br />Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his vision <br />to transform Facebook into a <br />“metaverse company” in the next five years.<br />The BBC reports that Facebook CEO <br />Mark Zuckerberg has laid out his vision <br />to transform Facebook into a <br />“metaverse company” in the next five years.<br />A metaverse is an online world.<br />People can game, work and communicate <br />there in a virtual environment, <br />usually while wearing VR headsets.<br />Zuckerberg described it as “an embodied internet where instead of just viewing content - you are in it.”.<br />Zuckerberg described it as “an embodied internet where instead of just viewing content - you are in it.”.<br />You feel present with other people <br />as if you were in other places, having <br />different experiences that you couldn’t <br />necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage, <br />like dancing, for example, <br />or different types of fitness, Mark Zuckerberg, via The Verge.<br />You feel present with other people <br />as if you were in other places, having <br />different experiences that you couldn’t <br />necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage, <br />like dancing, for example, <br />or different types of fitness, Mark Zuckerberg, via The Verge.<br />Facebook is also working <br />on an “infinite office.” .<br />It would allow users to create their <br />ideal workplace through virtual reality.<br />In the future, instead of just doing this <br />over a phone call, you’ll be able to sit <br />as a hologram on my couch, or I’ll be able <br />to sit as a hologram on your couch, <br />and it’ll actually feel like we’re in the <br />same place, even if we’re in different <br />states or hundreds of miles apart, Mark Zuckerberg, via The Verge.<br />In the future, instead of just doing this <br />over a phone call, you’ll be able to sit <br />as a hologram on my couch, or I’ll be able <br />to sit as a hologram on your couch, <br />and it’ll actually feel like we’re in the <br />same place, even if we’re in different <br />states or hundreds of miles apart, Mark Zuckerberg, via The Verge.<br />However, according to the BBC, some experts <br />have warned that a Facebook "metaverse" <br />also raises some concerns. .<br />Now it's not just about where I click and what I choose to share, it's about where I choose to go, how I stand, what I look at for longest, the subtle ways that I physically move my body and react to certain stimuli, Verity McIntosh, a VR expert at the University of the West of England, via the BBC.<br />Now it's not just about where I click and what I choose to share, it's about where I choose to go, how I stand, what I look at for longest, the subtle ways that I physically move my body and react to certain stimuli, Verity McIntosh, a VR expert at the University of the West of England, via the BBC.<br />It's a direct route to my subconscious and that is gold to a data capitalist. , Verity McIntosh, a VR expert at the University of the West of England, via the BBC.<br />It's a direct route to my subconscious and that is gold to a data capitalist. , Verity McIntosh, a VR expert at the University of the West of England, via the BBC