Published 3 years ago

The next big thing? Facebook to hire 10,000 to build 'metaverse.'

Summary by The Christian Science Monitor

Facebook has announced plans to hire 10,000 highly skilled workers in the European Union to build “the metaverse,” a futuristic online space for using augmented and virtual reality. Some observers worry tech giants will monopolize the space for profit.

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Irish Independent

Explainer: what is Facebook’s metaverse?

This week, Facebook said that will create 10,000 new jobs in Ireland and the rest of Europe in building a new online ‘metaverse’. But what is a metaverse? Will ordinary people take to it in the same numbers as social media platforms today? And what are its potential dangers? Here’s a quick explainer.

3 years ago·Ireland

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Metro News

Facebook will create 10,000 EU jobs to help build its 'metaverse'

The sign outside Facebook’s Menlo Park headquarters (Getty Images)Facebook has grand plans to build an online ‘metaverse’ that everyone can log into for working, playing and socialising.If that sounds like Ready Player One, it’s because it is.That’s because as well as running WhatsApp and Instagram, Facebook also owns Oculus – the virtual reality platform that kicked off with video games a few years ago.‘I think of the metaverse as the next gene…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Times Live

Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in EU to build 'metaverse'

Facebook Inc plans to create 10,000 jobs in the European Union over the next five years, the social media giant said on Monday, to help build the so-called metaverse - an online world where people can use different devices to move and communicate in a virtual environment.

3 years ago·Johannesburg, South Africa

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