CEO Mark Zuckerberg declared recently that he wants Facebook to become a metaverse company. But there’s a problem with that: This “metaverse,” as Facebook defines it, doesn’t really exist ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta in late 2021, it went all-in on its concept of a metaverse. For most people, accessing the company's metaverse, which is called Horizon, is as simple as ...

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday unveiled a demonstration video for the so-called "metaverse," and said his company would rebrand as Meta to reflect the concept.

Facebook has plans to reinvent itself into a social network of metaverses, or 3D social playspaces. That still hasn't happened yet, although the company's created a new metaverse business group ...

On January 23, 2014, Mark Zuckerberg commandeered Sheryl Sandberg’s conference room for a demo. His own sanctum, nicknamed the Aquarium because of its glass walls, wasn’t private enough for ...

Facebook unveiled their new Meta sign outside the company headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif., Thursday, Oct. 28, 2021. Tony Avelar / AP ...

And I never expected Facebook, a company with enough money to do the job, to embrace the metaverse like it did yesterday. Zuckerberg had some awareness he would be criticized.

As a distraction, the metaverse is almost too perfect. It’s a flashy news item that attempts to position Facebook and Zuckerberg as visionaries inventing the future.

A metaverse largely run by Facebook—sorry, Meta—doesn’t sound like fun to me. With Facebook’s ambitions to create hardware and other technology for the so-called metaverse, it means more ...

The Web metaverse Facebook in the Metaverse of Madness The technology is just not there yet, and the entire concept might not be either By Jonathan Goldberg November 7, 2022, 11:10 AM 17 comments ...