The Evil Genius Behind Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

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Meta is a virtual reality system where people can literally live within an augmented, faux reality, rather than the real world. This should send chills up everyone’s spines for a plethora of reasons.

The ins and outs of Meta: A full breakdown

As documented by The Verge, Zuckerberg describes the metaverse as a “vision” that literally places individuals “within” content, rather than these individuals simply viewing content from a screen, such as a computer or a smartphone.

Additionally, Zuckerberg claims that with meta, people have heightened levels of awareness where they are personified within a new reality described as visual and augmented. According to the CEO of Facebook, the approximate timeframe for when he plans to fully bring the metaverse to life is within five years.

When asked by The Verge about whether it is a positive thing for individuals to be, work, and ultimately live within virtual environments, Zuckerberg’s response took an interesting turn.

Zuckerberg declared meta permits individuals using it to enjoy a “stronger sense of presence”; that’s not all, though. He additionally detailed that just as people tend to use their phones on a regular basis, the metaverse allows for “richer” and “more comfortable” interactions.

Entering into the metaverse

To be clear, in order for one to enter the metaverse, they must wear VR helmets or devices mirroring the Oculus Quest headsets over their faces. To this end, The Verse questioned Zuckerberg on the inference that individuals would find working and essentially living in these head devices to be more enriching.