Welcome to the metaverse:Mark Zuckerberg wants you living in his Facebook world.Credit:Bloomberg
Google already operates a similar structure with its Alphabet parent.
A Facebook spokesperson declined to comment,saying the company doesn’t “comment on rumour or speculation”.
Mr Zuckerberg,who co-founded the social network in 2004,has said that the key to Facebook’s future lies with the metaverse concept – the idea that users will live,work and exercise inside a virtual universe. The company’s Oculus virtual reality headsets and service are an instrumental part of realising that vision.
Loading
“In the coming years,I expect people will transition from seeing us primarily as a social media company to seeing us as a metaverse company,” Mr Zuckerberg said in July. “In many ways,the metaverse is the ultimate expression of social technology.”
The rebranding would come at a time when Facebook is under fire from regulators,lawmakers and activists. Whistle-blowerFrances Haugen has shared thousands of company documents with regulators and the Wall Street Journal. The documents detailed Facebook’s struggle with moderating its content and alleged deleterious mental-health effects of its photo-sharing app Instagram.
Bloomberg