There will still be Facebook , Instagram, and all the platforms the company has bought in, as this is simply a name change from the parent company. The new name also invites people to participate in its “next chapter”, as it has been defined by the company itself, a 3D journey towards the metaverse , which the founder and CEO of Facebook considers to be the future of the Internet .
But some analysts wonder if the public will trust the firm enough to participate in this new and futuristic vision of Zuckerberg. The new name produced millions of searches on Google, in Europe and the United States, just minutes after it was unveiled. Among the most repeated questions from users are: What is Meta? and What does Meta mean?
The enigma of the metaverse
The company says the metaverse is about the “afterlife,” but it is also looking for a kind of metamorphosis, as Facebook is going through the worst reputational crisis in its history. So, rather, Meta is an opportunity to welcome a new brand uncontaminated by leaks and negative press, although several analysts point out that a name change does not suddenly erase the systemic problems that the company accumulates.
“Our new company brand captures where our company is heading and the future we want to help build,” the new firm said in the statement where it presented the name that will replace Facebook. The company believes that the metaverse will be the next evolution of the way we use the Internet . “In this future, you will be able to teleport instantly as a hologram to be in the office without having to move, in a concert with friends or in your parents’ living room if you have not visited them for a long time,” Mark Zuckerberg himself said in the document.
All of this may be familiar to those who have been through the pandemic between Zoom and Meet video conferencing and meetings, but the vision of the metaverse will be reminiscent of earlier virtual worlds such as Second Life .
However, Meta emphasizes that this is not a virtual world, but a new three-dimensional space to be used and accessed in various ways, using devices such as augmented reality glasses to be present in the physical world, virtual reality to be completely immersed in that world and computers phones to interact from all existing platforms.
The company says that Meta is a virtual 3D social space where you can share immersive experiences with other human beings, even when they cannot be together in person, and do things that they could not do in the physical world. “
Some technology experts have clarified that Meta will not be something that will be inside a device that we will place in a corner of our room. Rather, it will be a set of things that will be displayed in our different applications and on our devices, as those devices improve and evolve more and more.
