Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’ • Hacker News Board

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by chaostheory » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:42 PM UTC

al2o3cr wrote: post #6

Marketing droid: "We're not a social media company, we're a metaverse company" Normal person: What does that mean? Marketing droid: "The metaverse does not have a specific definition"

I believe the meta verse refers to Facebook’s efforts with VR in Oculus and their upcoming AR release

https://www.oculus.com/facebook-horizon/

I know the article mentions that it goes “beyond AR and VR”, but all that means is that Facebook will have flat pancake screen versions of their meta verse apps

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by ezconnect » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:45 PM UTC

My fake FB account just shows TikTok videos and left wing propaganda and its even paid post promotion. I don't know how the advertisers make money off of that.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by account-5 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:46 PM UTC

I can't think of anything I'd want to use less.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by ralertomo » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:48 PM UTC

anoncow wrote: post #13

metalliqaz wrote: post #2

So "Ready Player One" with Zuck in charge? No thank you.

With Oculus, IG and FB, they seem pretty close to being the ones to pull it off.

I think having IG and FB is a liability for them. Imo Epic Games is making better choices right now with their acquisitions and marketing strats. Seems more appealing to me.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by 52-6F-62 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

jakesnakelou wrote: post #3

it's equal parts vision, equal parts philanthropy.

There's no question that there's some kind of vision involved, but what part of this is conceivably philanthropic? FB and Zuckerberg have an immediate vested interest in capturing the maximum of attention spans of these people.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by libertine » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:51 PM UTC

CraftingLinks wrote: post #32

Within a decade FB will be the next dying messenger and the world will have moved on.

Things are different this time around, I don't think we can assume that... probably no company has ever had access to so much cheap money combined with the global reach they have.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by earthplus » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

metalliqaz wrote: post #2

So "Ready Player One" with Zuck in charge? No thank you.

I think that's their goal, they issued a copy of the book to each Oculus employee.

Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/oculus-gives-all-its-employe...

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by tengbretson » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 4:07 PM UTC

I don't think this college drop-out guy knows what he's talking about.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by tomjen3 » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 4:28 PM UTC

Let us see about the rumors that Apple will launch Apple glasses this fall. If I wanted AR I much rather have it from Tim Cook than Zuckerberg, and Apple knows how to build hardware. Zuckerberg does not.

Re: Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook will turn into a ‘metaverse’

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Post by RegW » Fri, Jul 23, 2021, 4:30 PM UTC

jhbadger wrote: post #35

CraftingLinks wrote: post #32

Within a decade FB will be the next dying messenger and the world will have moved on.

Facebook the company or Facebook the platform? The thing with Facebook owning Instagram is even as Facebook itself becomes less and less relevant to younger generations, the company still owns the platform those younger generations favor. And as Instagram inevitably becomes itself irrelevant, I'm sure Facebook will just buy the next social media platform.

Even FB will make a wrong turn one day. Every time it buys a new name it gets bigger. Eventually it will be a fat man standing behind a lamp post