Facebook to change name to Meta and build VR fantasy world ” The Register
Mark Zuckerberg has gone off the deep end.
The name change heralds the reorganization of the Facebook empire around a single concept: the metaverse. To Zuckerberg, the term coined by Neal Stephenson in the sci-fi novel Snow Crash describes an internet-connected fantasy world in which everything and everyone is virtual and perfect.
Zuckerberg wrote the following words, and we’re not making this up:
In this future, you will be able to teleport instantly as a hologram to be at the office without a commute, at a concert with friends, or in your parents living room to catch up. This will open up more opportunity no matter where you live. You ll be able to spend more time on what matters to you, cut down time in traffic, and reduce your carbon footprint.
Think about how many physical things you have today that could just be holograms in the future. Your TV, your perfect work setup with multiple monitors, your board games and more instead of physical things assembled in factories, they ll be holograms designed by creators around the world.