Facebook is officially changing its name to Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced today at the company's Oculus Connect event. As Zuckerberg pointed out, the word meta comes from the Greek word beyond, which is where the CEO thinks he's going with the company with its renewed focus on augmented and virtual reality. At Connect, Zuckerberg laid out several ambitious plans to call for a "people first" connected internet that focuses less on social media in its traditional guise and more on new forms of media like AR and VR. While the ways in which we'll interact with this platform are still ongoing, the demos we've seen have shown seamless connectivity between Facebook apps like Messenger and Oculus VR devices. None of the Facebook apps like Messenger or Instagram have changed their name or description to reflect the company's new address, but we did discover a Twitter handle @Meta and a Meta.com web address that redirects to a Facebook landing page.
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While it's a bit strange to hear that Facebook, a brand known around the world, will be changing its name, this seems to align both with Facebook's future plans and with its current issues around privacy and its absence. By changing its name, Meta is now able to invest in more AR/VR technology without feeling like two separate companies, a point Facebook may have been keenly aware of due to calls from members of the US government to break up the company. in smaller ones. coins. Having a business that focuses on new experiences could persuade the public that Facebook is turning the page and investing in new technology instead of focusing on monetizing its current user base. That said, Facebook/Meta doesn't appear to have any plans to abandon any of its two profitable social networking websites, two messaging services, or its virtual reality/augmented reality company, Facebook Reality Labs. A new name may change the way you the company proceeds from now on, but overall, you can expect some of its legacy platforms to stay exactly as they are today.
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