Mark Zuckerberg is going all-in on the mixed-reality technology known as the metaverse. His company will not only invest billions to build out products, but hire tens of thousands of workers and is rebranding itself. To showcase that Facebook is no longer just about social media, the company will now be called Meta, the Greek word for "beyond." Learn more about this historic shift and everything that was announced at the annual Facebook Connect conference.
What you need to know about Facebook's rebrand to Meta.
While Facebook will still be the name for the blue-colored social media app, Meta will be the umbrella company that also includes Instagram and WhatsApp. Facebook is reshuffling its names under a rebranded corporate parent: Meta. CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the change Thursday, saying he wanted a …
For the first time in 17 years, Mark Zuckerberg has a new job title. On Thursday, he officially became the CEO and chairman of Meta, the new parent company name for Facebook. The rebrand is about solidifying the social media giant as being about the metaverse, which Zuckerberg sees as the future of …
Zuckerberg and crew are planning for a world beyond the mobile web. Here's what Facebook's metaverse isn't: It's not an alternative world to help us escape from our dystopian reality, a la Snow Crash. It won't require VR or AR glasses (at least, not at first). And, most importantly, it's not …
The metaverse (hopefully) won’t be the virtual world of ‘Snow Crash,’ or ‘Ready Player One.’ It will likely be something more complex, diverse, and wild. It may not be entirely random that 2021 was the year that people started talking seriously about the metaverse. During the pandemic, so many …
Besides the corporate rebrand to Meta, the company formerly named Facebook made a few announcements as it relates to the metaverse and its Oculus business.
Take a closer look at what Facebook has done previously to expand into the metaverse and why it's a priority for the company.
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