It was in the air that Facebook had to change its name and it did. The company of multimillionaire Mark Zuckeberg has changed its guise, and actually a little bit its soul. Today the philanthropist revealed to the media around the world that the company dressed in blue has a new name: Meta. Below we go to read the motivations which led to this decision, which are very well considered. This is not a simple and trivial change of name.
What will Facebook be called from now on? Meta, this is the new name that Mark Zuckeberg has given to his company. We explain the reasons
Meta is the new name of Facebook. "We are a company that builds technology to connect“Said Marck Zuckerberg, CEO and patron of the company. "Together, we can finally put people at the heart of our technology. And together, we can unlock a vastly larger creator economy. To reflect who we are and what we hope to build".
The Facebook name does not fully encompass everything the company does now and still is closely related to a product. But over time, he says, he hopes it will be seen as a metaverse society. Hence the name Meta. The rebranding aims to solidify the social media giant regarding the metaverse, which Zuckerberg sees as the future of the internet. Zuckerberg has invested billions of dollars, at least $ 10 billion this year alone, in building the metaverse. It's about a expansive and immersive vision of the Internet taken from the pages of science fiction novels such as the famous Ready Player One by Enrnest Cline.
Over the next decade, Zuckeberg hopes most people will spend time in a fully immersive 3D version of the Internet embracing not just Meta's hardware like Oculus Quest, but devices made by others. He's pushing his teams to build technology that might someday make us appear in a virtual space in the form of an avatar or appear as a hologram.
Facebook therefore no longer exists. Or rather, the name no longer exists, but the most famous and used social platform in the world will remain standing.
Through | The Verge
