Facebook Renames to Meta • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by scaswqdqw » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

So, regular people have troubles trademarking very complex names and they give Zuckerberg trademarks for any commonly used word. What a great equality of treatment!

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by Communitivity » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

Every FAANG (or MAAAN) company has invested into the Metaverse. Let's all remember they didn't invent it though, so I hope they don't gain complete control.

I'm all for it if it advances VR technology and they don't have full control. If the Oculus situation is any indication, Meta will be making a play for VR ad dominance, as will Google.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by jhallenworld » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

The new logo almost looks like the Space:1999 Meta

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFf5uavxYGQ

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by Kinrany » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

TillE wrote: post #79

I don't understand what Facebook is even doing in terms of a metaverse. Like they have the VR goggles, but what are they actually doing with it? Coincidentally, MMO developer Raph Koster (Ultima Online, Star Wars Galaxies) has recently been detailing in a series of articles what his new company is doing in terms of building a metaverse, and it's pretty exciting in gaming terms. https://www.playableworlds.com/news/rif…

It doesn't sound any more open than then Facebookverse, so it'll just get bought out eventually.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by smilespray » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

toomuchtodo wrote: post #69

Dystopian Ready Player One.

"Oh my God, it's full of ads!"

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by cedricgle » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:41 PM UTC

I guess no more project will dare to use meta in their name. They will fear either a copyright lawsuit or a fall in SEO.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by aerovistae » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

rhcom2 wrote: post #108

nyt-maps wrote: post #19

My god, if you get it, you get it. They are going all in on metaverse / have decided that the future of oculus is the primary long term bet, not facebook itself. And they have the money to make it so. This is incredibly scary, and probably a good investment.

My kneejerk reaction is this will probably waste a lot of their money without much traction. But I'm also happy about Facebook wasting a bunch of their money...

For real. This is the least "incredibly scary" thing I can think of.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by jeffwask » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

daviding wrote: post #36

If there is going to be a metaverse, I'm not sure I want Facebook to own it. It's like a bad sci-fi pulp story. Given their investment and research, I wonder if they should open it all up (even if contradictory to short-term gains in ad revenue) so it has a chance to grow? Federate it a bit more than they are comfortable with, to at least give it a chance. I could see this flubbing out hard otherwise. I'm personally…

> If there is going to be a metaverse, I'm not sure I want Facebook to own it. It's like a bad sci-fi pulp story.

One step closer to real life Shadowrun.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by lostcolony » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #32

nerbert wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Colombo invented the "one more thing". Give credit where credit is due ;)

Colombo was also more valuable that this announcement it seems.

Columbo was solving crimes. FB is committing them.

Re: Facebook Renames to Meta

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Post by danijelb » Thu, Oct 28, 2021, 6:42 PM UTC

This is as dumb as it would be to name your internet company Net in the early 90s.

Metaverse is supposed to be a generic term for an interoperable virtual 3D world. And now the term is linked to a specific company. I guess if there will ever be a metaverse, it won't be called that.