Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta'
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta'

BBC  

Facebook and the true meaning of 'meta' Getty Images Facebook recently rebranded as Meta Prefixes rarely make headlines, but with Facebook's rebrand, "meta" became a word for 2021. Meta’s metaverse will apparently entail augmented, virtual and mixed reality technologies, to effectuate an immersive online experience – an "embodied internet", where users are not just scrolling, posting and commenting, but interacting in a fully-realised computer-generated world. More from the Wise Words series: The term metaverse was coined by Neil Stephenson in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, a speculative epic whose action takes place in two parallel worlds – primary, physical "Reality", and the online, virtual "Metaverse" existing alongside it. One can see how these spatially relational meanings pertain to the recently coined "metaverse" – it refers to a reality existing alongside, upon or beyond the confines of the supposedly primary reality that preexists it, a transcendence of what came before. Getty Images Aristotle lost in thought with his hand on a bust of Homer – perhaps even contemplating a little metaphysics It’s from the Greek philosopher Aristotle that we get the term "metaphysics", the branch of philosophy devoted to the most ultimate categories of existence – things like "substance", "being" or "actuality" – which he examines systematically in the work of that name.

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Meta is taking its dying breaths – but Facebook’s media legacy will live in, like it or not
2 years, 4 months ago

Meta is taking its dying breaths – but Facebook’s media legacy will live in, like it or not

The Independent  

Meta is starting to look like one of those middle-aged divorced guys wearing a shiny leather jacket and driving a second-hand sports car. The company’s Instagram app now has a candid photo challenge that looks suspiciously like hot Gen Z app BeReal; which comes shortly after IG prioritized Reels, which look suspiciously like TikTok. Provided Facebook doesn’t backtrack on its …

Meta is changing Facebook, Instagram to look more like its trendier rival TikTok
2 years, 5 months ago

Meta is changing Facebook, Instagram to look more like its trendier rival TikTok

Live Mint  

Facebook and Instagram users may be in a for a surprise, albeit a good one. According to Bloomberg report, the Facebook parent company is changing the way it shows users posts and videos on its flagship social network, part of an effort to get people to watch content from accounts they don’t already follow and better compete with the video …

Meta announces new way to login to its Oculus VR system
2 years, 5 months ago

Meta announces new way to login to its Oculus VR system

Live Mint  

Meta Platforms Inc is modifying how users log onto its virtual reality headsets, backtracking on an earlier change to require accounts from the company's flagship Facebook app on the devices while preserving links to social connections there. The social media giant announced plans to remove the Facebook login requirement last year, after a backlash from users who had previously accessed …

Facebook has successfully overhauled its business before. This time will be harder
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook has successfully overhauled its business before. This time will be harder

CNN  

New York CNN Business — Ahead of its 2012 initial public offering, Facebook was in trouble. He’s even called the metaverse “the successor to the mobile internet.” But there’s one critical difference for Zuckerberg’s company between now and a decade ago: While mobile technology was already a flourishing platform when Facebook was making that shift, the company’s vision of the …

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks
2 years, 10 months ago

Meta, formerly Facebook, faces historic drop as stock tanks

Associated Press  

Meta is putting a lot of virtual eggs — and billions of dollars — into the metaverse basket, and Wall Street is pretty anxious about it. At the same time, it invested more than $10 billion in CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s ambitious plan to transform Meta Platforms Inc. into a virtual reality — actually, make that “metaverse-based” — company. “Betting big …

Facebook's total user base declines for the first time in 17 years: Report
2 years, 10 months ago

Facebook's total user base declines for the first time in 17 years: Report

Hindustan Times  

Facebook has seen a number of controversies in recent years. According to quarterly report released by Meta, Facebook lost about half a million global daily users in the fourth quarter of 2021 as compared to previous quarter. Meta’s quarterly report on Wednesday also posted sharply higher costs but gave a weak revenue forecast, spooking the investors and knocking off almost …

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google
2 years, 11 months ago

Expect in 2022: Mark Zuckerberg launching new VR headset and talking big on Meta, VR headset from Apple, Google

India Today  

In our top predictions for 2022, we had mentioned how we expect the metaverse concept to blow up this year. And since we are talking about names, no company has embraced the metaverse concept as dearly as Meta, formerly known as Facebook. Now that the concepts of the metaverse and virtual reality and augmented reality have become the buzzwords, it …

Need to guard against 'metaverse' craze
2 years, 11 months ago

Need to guard against 'metaverse' craze

China Daily  

Visitors are pictured in front of an immersive art installation titled "Machine Hallucinations — Space: Metaverse". Three experts share their views on what these changes and challenges mean to the country with China Daily: The term "metaverse" has been a hot topic of discussion since the summer, and is also among the hottest new words of the year. That's why …

Need to guard against 'metaverse' craze
2 years, 11 months ago

Need to guard against 'metaverse' craze

China Daily  

Visitors are pictured in front of an immersive art installation titled "Machine Hallucinations — Space: Metaverse". Three experts share their views on what these changes and challenges mean to the country with China Daily: The term "metaverse" has been a hot topic of discussion since the summer, and is also among the hottest new words of the year. That's why …

It’s not quite the metaverse, but Meta is launching its virtual world
3 years ago

It’s not quite the metaverse, but Meta is launching its virtual world

CNN  

CNN Business — Meta is bringing its vision of a so-called metaverse closer to reality. Facebook's new social app for VR, Horizon Worlds, encourages users to hang out together and create new virtual worlds. Meta The Horizon Worlds launch also comes as Meta doubles down on its VR efforts as part of a long-term bet on the metaverse. Meta said …

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report
3 years ago

Facebook At Risk Of Missing The Point Of Metaverse: Report

ABP News  

New Delhi: Social networking giant Facebook, which adopted a new moniker Meta in late October, based on sci-fi term metaverse, is at the risk of missing the point of metaverse if it is not able to permit digital ownership, a new report says. According to a report by news agency Reuters, metaverse participants do not think the social media giant …

What is Metaverse and why Facebook and Microsoft are talking about it
3 years ago

What is Metaverse and why Facebook and Microsoft are talking about it

India Today  

Metaverse is supposed to be, or rather it already is in some ways, so big that a giant like Facebook recently changed its brand name from "Facebook" to "Meta." At the same time, the Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is now committing itself to build a "metaverse" and that this would be the next-gen internet that people …

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?
3 years ago

What Is the Metaverse, Exactly?

Wired  

To hear tech CEOs like Mark Zuckerberg or Satya Nadella talk about it, the metaverse is the future of the internet. On the other hand, while the big tech money has started moving into generative AI, a lot of marketing hype has already been wrapped up in selling the idea of “the metaverse.” Facebook, in particular, is in an especially …

Metaverse could be an existential threat to Facebook, warns Meta
3 years, 1 month ago

Metaverse could be an existential threat to Facebook, warns Meta

India Today  

Meta chief technology officer and former Facebook employee Andrew Bosworth in an internal memo had noted that virtual reality can be a toxic environment, especially for women and minorities. The memo, which dates back to March noted that Metaverse would be an existential threat to Facebook if it turned off mainstream customers from the medium entirely. Bosworth later posted a …

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINED: What is Metaverse and Why Facebook/ Meta Thinks it's the Future of Internet

News 18  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. In an interview with The Verge, Zuckerberg said that “the metaverse isn’t just virtual reality” and would be accessible across various computing platforms like virtual and …

Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan
3 years, 1 month ago

Plenty of pitfalls await Zuckerberg’s ‘metaverse’ plan

Associated Press  

When Mark Zuckerberg announced ambitious plans to build the “metaverse” — a virtual reality construct intended to supplant the internet, merge virtual life with real life and create endless new playgrounds for everyone — he promised that “you’re going to able to do almost anything you can imagine.” That might not be such a great idea. “There is a potential …

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger Start Showing Meta Branding On Opening Splash Screen
3 years, 1 month ago

WhatsApp, Instagram, Messenger Start Showing Meta Branding On Opening Splash Screen

News 18  

Apps owned by Facebook including WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook Messenger, and other apps have started showing the company’s new Meta branding on both Android and iOS devices. The Meta branding is now reflecting on Instagram, WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, as verified by News18.com. The rebranding comes as part of Facebook’s efforts of expanding beyond the social media business and creating a “metaverse.” …

Facebook whistleblower says tech company focusing on developing metaverse instead of fixing existing problems
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook whistleblower says tech company focusing on developing metaverse instead of fixing existing problems

Firstpost  

Asked if Zuckerberg should step down, whistleblower Frances Haugen said: “I think Facebook would be stronger with someone who’s willing to focus on safety, so yes.” Whistleblower Frances Haugen issued a stinging rebuke of Facebook’s “Meta” rebrand on Monday, accusing the company of yet again prioritising expansion over people’s safety. Speaking at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Haugen …

Meta Platforms shares rise as Facebook rebrands to focus on metaverse
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta Platforms shares rise as Facebook rebrands to focus on metaverse

The Hindu  

Shares of Meta Platforms Inc rose marginally in pre-market trading on Friday after social media giant Facebook rebranded itself to build the "metaverse", a shared virtual environment. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday the new name reflects the company's work invested in the metaverse, rather than its namesake social media service, which will continue to be called Facebook. …

Meta: What does Facebook’s new name and ‘metaverse’ mean?
3 years, 1 month ago

Meta: What does Facebook’s new name and ‘metaverse’ mean?

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mark Zuckerberg, the founder of Facebook, announced yesterday that the company is changing …

Facebook to Meta: The Metaverse contours go beyond just rebranding
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook to Meta: The Metaverse contours go beyond just rebranding

Hindustan Times  

Facebook will now be known as Meta as it is betting big on the metaverse project that it sees as the future of the internet. Watch: Why Facebook changed name to Meta amid multiple controversies There is the potential for immersive social virtual shopping experiences, concerts, gaming, and virtual classrooms taking a huge step forward. And we’re working with game …

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey takes jibe at Facebook after it rebrands to 'Meta'
3 years, 1 month ago

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey takes jibe at Facebook after it rebrands to 'Meta'

Firstpost  

On his Twitter account, Dorsey tweeted the Oxford dictionary definition of the term ‘meta’, saying that it refers to the conventions of its genre and it is self-referential Hours after Facebook CEO and founder, Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company is rebranding itself as ‘Meta’, the internet, especially Twitter, was flooded with memes and jokes on Facebook’s name change. On …

Facebook Changes Name To Meta: What Does Meta Mean?
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook Changes Name To Meta: What Does Meta Mean?

ABP News  

New Delhi: Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday that the company is changing its name to Meta, in order to focus on its efforts to build the Metaverse. Zuckerberg called the metaverse "the next version of the internet", and said the tech giant wants to be recognised as a metaverse company now. 'Meta', the company's official Twitter handle, tweeted: …

'Mostly Empty Trash Arena': Internet Sleuths Decoding Facebook's Name is Truly 'Meta'
3 years, 1 month ago

'Mostly Empty Trash Arena': Internet Sleuths Decoding Facebook's Name is Truly 'Meta'

News 18  

Facebook Inc announced on Thursday that the company name is being rebranded as Meta Platforms Inc or Meta which refers to the concept of a virtual environment accessed to people using different devices. Zuckerberg described it as a ‘virtual environment’ you can go inside of, a world of interconnected digital communities where people can meet, work and play, using virtual …

Facebook changes its name to Meta: social media users react with hilarious memes
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook changes its name to Meta: social media users react with hilarious memes

Firstpost  

Minutes after Facebook made the announcement, a torrent of hilarious comment began on Twitter, especially from companies, people and even the social media giant Twitter As part of a major rebrand, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced that his company is changing its name to Meta. Minutes after Facebook made the announcement, a torrent of hilarious comment began on Twitter, especially …

Facebook renames itself Meta, rebranding one of the world's most recognisable brands
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook renames itself Meta, rebranding one of the world's most recognisable brands

Firstpost  

The move punctuates how CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to refocus his Silicon Valley company on what he sees as the next digital frontier, which is the unification of disparate digital worlds into something called the metaverse. “I’ve been thinking a lot about our identity” with this new chapter, Zuckerberg said, speaking Thursday at a virtual event to showcase Facebook’s technological …

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook will be now called Meta as Mark Zuckerberg works to create Metaverse: Full story in 10 points

India Today  

Facebook’s parent company is now Meta. This is because Zuckerberg wants to move beyond the realms of social media and does not wish his company to be known as a social media company only. “Today we are seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people, and the metaverse …

In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta
3 years, 1 month ago

In the middle of a crisis, Facebook Inc. renames itself Meta

Associated Press  

OAKLAND, Calif. — Like many companies in trouble before it, Facebook is changing its name and logo. Facebook Inc. is now called Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, to reflect what CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday is its commitment to developing the new surround-yourself technology known as the “ metaverse.” But the social network itself will still be called …

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

Associated Press  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Thursday announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, might be the biggest thing to …

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
3 years, 1 month ago

EXPLAINER: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

Associated Press  

The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination — so much so that one of the best-known internet platforms is rebranding to signal its embrace of the futuristic idea. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s Thursday announcement that he’s changing his company’s name to Meta Platforms Inc., or Meta for short, might be the biggest thing to …

Facebook Is Going Meta
54 years, 11 months ago

Facebook Is Going Meta

Wired  

From Wall Street to Main Street to Capitol Hill, everyone is mad at Facebook. “Today, we're seen as a social media company, but in our DNA we are a company that builds technology to connect people,” Zuckerberg said at the company's Connect conference on Thursday morning, where he unveiled a series of new products and ambitions around the metaverse. “It …

Facebook rebrands as Meta to emphasise ‘metaverse’ vision
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook rebrands as Meta to emphasise ‘metaverse’ vision

The Hindu  

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said his company is rebranding itself as Meta in an effort to encompass its virtual-reality vision for the future, what Mr. Zuckerberg calls the “metaverse.” Skeptics point out that it also appears to be an attempt to change the subject from the Facebook Papers, a leaked document trove so dubbed by a consortium of news organizations …

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook changes name to Meta to highlight virtual reality shift

Al Jazeera  

Facebook is changing its name to Meta – a move that decouples its corporate identity from its social network, which has been under increasing fire. Facebook Inc. is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality. “The metaverse is …

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook
3 years, 1 month ago

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook

NPR  

Facebook is rebranding as Meta — but the app you use will still be called Facebook Enlarge this image toggle caption Eric Risberg/AP Eric Risberg/AP Facebook's new corporate name is Meta, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday, in an apparent effort to recast the company's public image from battered social network to tech innovator focused on building the next generation …

Explainer: What is the metaverse and how will it work?
3 years, 1 month ago

Explainer: What is the metaverse and how will it work?

LA Times  

Hadrien Gurnel, a software engineer with EPFL’s Laboratory for Experimental Museology explores with a virtual reality helmet the most detailed 3D map of the universe with the virtual reality software VIRUP, Virtual Reality Universe Project developed by Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, in St-Sulpice near Lausanne, Switzerland. The term “metaverse” is the latest buzzword to capture the tech industry’s imagination …

Rebranding as Meta, Facebook emphasizes VR future over crisis-beset present
3 years, 1 month ago

Rebranding as Meta, Facebook emphasizes VR future over crisis-beset present

LA Times  

Seen on a video screen in Sausalito, Calif., Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announces his company’s new corporate name, Meta, during a virtual event on Thursday. “I believe the metaverse is the next chapter for the internet, and it’s the next chapter for our company, too,” said Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s founder and chief executive, during a Thursday morning media event. After …

What is metaverse? Why Facebook is investing billions in this new project
3 years, 1 month ago

What is metaverse? Why Facebook is investing billions in this new project

Live Mint  

Facebook Inc said on Monday it will start publishing the financial results of its augmented and virtual reality labs as a separate unit, where it is investing billions in its ambitions to build the "metaverse" and as it reported that its main advertising business faces "significant uncertainty." Some people also use the word metaverse to describe gaming worlds, in which …

Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook
3 years, 2 months ago

Enter the Zuckerverse? Social media churns with new names for Facebook

India Today  

They're just a few of the suggestions being bandied around online following reports that Facebook plans to rebrand itself with a new group name. "Meta" was one of the more sober trending suggestions, referring to Facebook's reported desire to assume a name that focuses on the metaverse, a virtual environment where users can hang out. Several humorous suggestions reflected online …

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook plans to change its name to focus on metaverse

The Hindu  

Facebook is planning to rename the company, The Verge reported citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to unveil the new name at the company’s annual connect conference on October 28, the report added. Zuckerberg had said previously that Facebook’s future lies in metaverse - an online concept where people exist and communicate …

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook ‘planning to rebrand company’ with new name

Al Jazeera  

CEO Mark Zuckerberg plans to talk about the name change at its annual conference on October 28, but it could be sooner. Social media giant Facebook Inc is planning to rebrand itself with a new name next week, American technology blog the Verge reported on Tuesday, citing a source with direct knowledge of the matter. Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark …

Today's Cache | Facebook's next bet may not be social media
3 years, 2 months ago

Today's Cache | Facebook's next bet may not be social media

The Hindu  

As Facebook’s existing businesses are under scrutiny, the socialnetwork is moving ahead with its next venture Facebook and its family of apps have come under increasing scrutiny in recent years. Instagram’s CEO Adam Mosseri told Buzzfeed news in March that “It’s one of the things we’re exploring.” That led to 44 attorneys general in the U.S. signing an open letter …

Facebook finally explains what the ‘metaverse’ is – and says it’s coming in the next 10 years
3 years, 2 months ago

Facebook finally explains what the ‘metaverse’ is – and says it’s coming in the next 10 years

The Independent  

Sign up to our free weekly IndyTech newsletter delivered straight to your inbox Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter Sign up to our free IndyTech newsletter SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Facebook says that a “fully realised” metaverse will come in the next 10 …

Metaverse the next generation of Internet
3 years, 4 months ago

Metaverse the next generation of Internet

The Hindu  

Last month, during the second-quarter earnings call, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg spoke about transforming the social network - along with the Internet itself - to create the ‘metaverse’. CEO Satya Nadella mentioned in the quarterly earnings call in July about the potential of creating ‘enterprise metaverse’ using the software maker's cloud computing services. Ball reckons that the metaverse requires infrastructure …

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?
3 years, 4 months ago

The next big internet revolution: what is the metaverse?

Live Mint  

Imagine a world where you could sit on the same couch as a friend who lives thousands of miles away, or conjure up a virtual version of your workplace while at the beach. The metaverse is, in fact, the stuff of science-fiction: the term was coined by Neal Stephenson in his 1992 novel "Snow Crash", in which people don virtual …

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