Apparently, Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t had enough yet, as he wants to turn Facebook into the metaverse. People should be able to shop, work or meet in virtual rooms – a team of experts has now been brought together for these ambitious plans.

As Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos struggle to excel in space tourism, a third is feeling happy. Because Mark Zuckerberg, the head of Facebook, also dreams of a universe, even if it’s metaverse.

What is the Facebook Metaverse?

Zuckerberg has his plan for the end of June 2021 Already advertise to the workforce on FacebookNow the plans are put into action. The goal is to create the Facebook Metaverse – a virtual world where people can meet, shop, or even work.

The technical group has set up a team of experts for this purpose. It lies with Director Andrew Bosworth, who is responsible for augmented and virtual reality at Facebook.

Virtual rooms in Facebook Metaverse

in one Facebook Post Bosworth wrote that much of the work at Facebook Reality Lab (FRL) is closely related to Zuckerberg’s Metaverse vision.

The hallmark of the metaverse will be presence – the feeling of truly being with people – and for years FRL has focused on developing products that advance presence in digital spaces.

The Facebook and Oculus product portal is already able to connect people “regardless of physical distance” or “teleport to new virtual worlds and experiences.”

For the Facebook Metaverse, the “connective tissue between these spaces” must also be built. Facebook wants to “remove the limitations of physics”.

The goal is for users to be able to move around in virtual rooms “as easily” as if they were moving from one room in their house to another.

Facebook is also targeting federal elections

At the same time, Facebook does not lose sight of mundane topics. For the upcoming federal elections, politicians and their campaign teams can use Facebook Protect to initiate a protection program. The program has been active in the USA since 2019.

Facebook Protect includes two-factor authentication. In addition, pages and accounts are increasingly scanned for hacker attacks. Unlike Protect in the US, politicians in Germany cannot register themselves. Facebook postsAll accounts eligible for the program have been notified by the network.

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