Facebook To Reportedly Change Name , As Focus Shifts to ‘Metaverse’.<br />According to The Verge, the social media giant is rebranding and changing its company name to encompass its metaverse goals as soon as next week.<br />The metaverse is Mark Zuckerberg's vision for a virtual world, accessed by millions.<br />The metaverse is Mark Zuckerberg's vision for a virtual world, accessed by millions.<br />While the name change is reportedly being kept a closely-guarded secret for the time being, it's possible it may be connected to Facebook's unreleased social virtual reality world, Horizon Worlds.<br />It's likely that the company's products, Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Oculus, .<br />will retain their branding but be under <br />a new parent company name.<br />Recently, Facebook also announced it would be hiring 10,000 "high-skilled" workers in the EU over the next five years to work on developing the metaverse.<br />Critics worry that the metaverse, which Zuckerberg says will not be owned or operated by a sole entity, .<br />Critics worry that the metaverse, which Zuckerberg says will not be owned or operated by a sole entity, .<br />will grant Facebook even more access to our privacy than it already has
