What is Facebook's Metaverse virtual universe, how to use it?

As a virtual world parallel to the real world, Metaverse is expected to become the turning point of the future.

In an announcement made on October 28, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the change of the company's name to Meta. Zuckerberg said the decision is forward-looking.

Meta - taken from the science fiction term metaverse , reflects Facebook's vision of making this social network the hub of the virtual universe.

'We believe the metaverse will be the successor to the mobile Internet. We can feel the present - like we're right there with everyone even though we're apart," Zuckerberg said.

So what is Metaverse?

Metaverse - where the physical and digital worlds come together. It's a space where everyone's avatar can interact at work, play, meet at each other's offices, go to concerts, and even try on clothes. With the next graphical advancements, avatars will look more like real people than the animated avatars we see today.

At the heart of Metaverse is virtual reality - a digital world that you can enter through Facebook's Oculus VR headset.

In a statement last month, Nick Clegg, Facebook's vice president of global affairs, said the Metaverse will be a series of interconnected worlds where users can move from one area of ​​Facebook to another. easy way into an adjacent world created by other tech companies like Google, Apple or a major video game publisher.

Metaverses is perhaps the clearest acknowledgment that the future of technology lies not only in VR (virtual reality) or AR (augmented reality), but the combination of multiple devices accessing a world. online world - 3D version of the current Internet. There, each person can role-play and participate in the story.

Zuckerberg believes that over the next decade most people will spend time in the Internet in 3D on hardware like the Oculus Quest and others. Embracing that trend, the Facebook founder focused on developing technology that would allow people to appear in virtual spaces as full-body avatars or in the living rooms of friends around the world. as a 3D projection.

Metaverse is a virtual world parallel to the real world. (Photo: VNNews)

'A determining factor of the Metaverse's existence is the feeling that you are actually right next to another person or somewhere else . The avatars and virtual objects will be central elements of how each person presents himself ," Zuckerberg said.

With Metaverse, businesses can also participate by setting up virtual instances of their own, said Marc Whitten, senior vice president and general manager of innovation at Unity Software. Customers can go to this virtual store, see, try on items in 3D before deciding whether to buy it or not.

In addition, the virtual world of Metaverse also allows employers to take full advantage of this virtual space. For example, architects can monitor construction sites through Metaverse wherever they are.

According to Zuckerberg, there is still a long way to go until Metaverse becomes a mainstream technology in 5-10 years. Zuckerberg's company is expected to invest billions more in the coming years to accelerate the construction of Metaverse.

One of the biggest concerns right now with Metaverse is privacy and security.

Facebook has announced a $50 million investment program to ensure Metaverse is built responsibly.

According to Mr. Clegg, it will take 10 years to build Metaverse. But the question now is whether it will allay privacy and security concerns from the public, watchdogs and the government.

Despite the concerns, Metaverse is still seen as a breakthrough, expected by Facebook.