{"id":937807,"date":"2021-10-29T14:43:49","date_gmt":"2021-10-29T18:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937807"},"modified":"2021-10-29T14:43:50","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T18:43:50","slug":"meta-trouble-mark-zuckerbergs-renaming-of-facebook-met-with-jeers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/meta-trouble-mark-zuckerbergs-renaming-of-facebook-met-with-jeers\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Trouble: Mark Zuckerberg&#039;s Renaming of Facebook Met with Jeers"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmeta-trouble-mark-zuckerbergs-renaming-of-facebook-met-with-jeers%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=937807&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Tech giant Facebook has rebranded itself with a new name, calling itself \u201cMeta,\u201d in a move that shows the company\u2019s new focus on virtual reality. The Internet is having a field day picking on the odd name and Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s even odder announcement video.<\/p>\n<p>Reuters <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/facebooks-zuckerberg-kicks-off-its-virtual-reality-event-with-metaverse-vision-2021-10-28\/\">reports<\/a>&nbsp;that tech giant Facebook has rebranded as \u201cMeta,\u201d indicating the company\u2019s newfound focus on building a virtual reality \u201cmetaverse.\u201d The metaverse will be a shared virtual environment that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/tech\/2021\/07\/28\/facebook-explains-its-plans-for-the-metaverse\/\">Facebook believes<\/a> could be the new primary form of online interaction, allowing users to socialize, work, and play in a limitless virtual environment.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<div id=\"attachment_6118734\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\" readability=\"32\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/zuckerberg-oculus-getty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6118734\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/zuckerberg-oculus-getty.jpg\" alt width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">GLENN CHAPMAN\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The term metaverse comes from the popular sci-fi novel <em>Snow Crash<\/em> by Neal Stephenson, published in 1992. The term refers to the idea of a shared virtual world which can be easily accessed by people from different devices. Mark Zuckerberg commented during the Facebook Connect keynote:&nbsp;\u201cRight now, our brand is so tightly linked to one product that it can\u2019t possibly represent everything that we\u2019re doing today, let alone in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zuckerberg discussed his plans for the metaverse in July, stating:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"30\">\n<p>This is a big topic. The metaverse is a vision that spans many companies \u2014 the whole industry. You can think about it as the successor to the mobile internet. And it\u2019s certainly not something that any one company is going to build, but I think a big part of our next chapter is going to hopefully be contributing to building that, in partnership with a lot of other companies and creators and developers. But you can think about the metaverse as an embodied internet, where instead of just viewing content \u2014 you are in it. And you feel present with other people as if you were in other places, having different experiences that you couldn\u2019t necessarily do on a 2D app or webpage, like dancing, for example, or different types of fitness.<\/p>\n<p>I think a lot of people, when they think about the metaverse, they think about just virtual reality \u2014 which I think is going to be an important part of that. And that\u2019s clearly a part that we\u2019re very invested in, because it\u2019s the technology that delivers the clearest form of presence. But the metaverse isn\u2019t just virtual reality. It\u2019s going to be accessible across all of our different computing platforms; VR and AR, but also PC, and also mobile devices and game consoles. Speaking of which, a lot of people also think about the metaverse as primarily something that\u2019s about gaming. And I think entertainment is clearly going to be a big part of it, but I don\u2019t think that this is just gaming. I think that this is a persistent, synchronous environment where we can be together, which I think is probably going to resemble some kind of a hybrid between the social platforms that we see today, but an environment where you\u2019re embodied in it.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Facebook plans to bring its apps and technologies under one new brand, but the company\u2019s overall corporate structure will be maintained. Facebook reportedly already has a number of devices planned to be released under the Meta brand, including a new smartwatch with a front-facing camera and rounded screen.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>A photo of the watch was found inside the company\u2019s app for controlling the smartglasses it launched in partnership with Ray-Ban. App developer Steve Moser found the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2021-10-28\/leaked-photo-shows-meta-s-planned-competitor-to-apple-watch\">picture and shared it with Bloomberg News.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many across social media were quick to ridicule Zuckerberg and the idea of a metaverse.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"8.678391959799\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Welcome to the metaverse. You have chosen, or been chosen, to relocate to one of our finest remaining urban centers <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pgDjVh0XaS\">pic.twitter.com\/pgDjVh0XaS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ken Klippenstein (@kenklippenstein) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kenklippenstein\/status\/1454097223231459333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.5333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It&#8217;s really happening! <br \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Metaverse?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Metaverse<\/a> generation <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WRGGcxMOi3\">pic.twitter.com\/WRGGcxMOi3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Faizaan (@Dr_Beanstalk) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dr_Beanstalk\/status\/1453927182925897732?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"4.9174311926606\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The metaverse <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/s18TblBlXC\">pic.twitter.com\/s18TblBlXC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Brent Terhune in Indy Nov 26-28 (@BrentTerhune) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BrentTerhune\/status\/1454099705965776898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 29, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.2231404958678\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Still thinking about when Mark Zuckerberg said this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Cx546B27SH\">pic.twitter.com\/Cx546B27SH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alex Kehr (@alexkehr) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alexkehr\/status\/1453825653841620996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.4736842105263\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">this is how a normal person answers the doorbell <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ps2sv8BX50\">pic.twitter.com\/ps2sv8BX50<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 who is holidaykiss ? (@holidaykiss_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/holidaykiss_\/status\/1453797290020323335?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.1282051282051\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mark Zuckerberg announces Facebook&#8217;s new name \u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IQFA7ZLLfw\">pic.twitter.com\/IQFA7ZLLfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fandom (@getFANDOM) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/getFANDOM\/status\/1453795030833893379?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Read more at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/technology\/facebooks-zuckerberg-kicks-off-its-virtual-reality-event-with-metaverse-vision-2021-10-28\/\">Reuters here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-107 paragraph-0-2-12\"><strong><i>Lucas Nolan is a reporter for Breitbart News covering issues of free speech and online censorship. Follow him on Twitter&nbsp;<\/i><i><a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/lucasnolan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">@LucasNolan<\/a>&nbsp;<\/i><i>or contact via secure email at the address&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"mailto:lucasnolan@protonmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">lucasnolan@protonmail.com<\/a><\/i><i><\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tech giant Facebook has rebranded itself with a new name, calling itself \u201cMeta,\u201d in a move that shows the company\u2019s new focus on virtual reality. 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