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A metaverse is a virtual world in which users interact while represented by avatars, typically in a 3D display, with the experience focused on social and economic connection.
Avatars socialising in the virtual world Second Life
Some software platforms require a virtual reality headset to explore the metaverse.
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Meta Platforms, Inc. is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Menlo Park, California. Meta owns and operates several prominent social media platforms and communication services
Metaverse
…social network company Facebook launched a social VR world called Facebook Horizon, later rebranded as Horizon Worlds. In 2021, the company was renamed "Meta Platforms" and its chairman Mark Zuckerberg declared a company commitment to developing a metaverse. Many of the virtual reality technologies advertised by Meta…
Billboard on the Thomson Reuters building welcomes Facebook to Nasdaq in 2012.
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, in 2012
Entrance to Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California
Entrance to Facebook's previous headquarters in the Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California