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Oculus Quest Pro leaks as Facebook’s metaverse plans begin taking shape

Ryan Daws — Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:41:23 +0000

A leak showing the alleged Oculus Quest Pro has emerged as Facebook begins its transition into a metaverse company. The metaverse is essentially a next-generation version of the web in which users share a persistent 3D world using technologies like VR and 5G. Naturally, it poses a long-term threat to social networks as they exist... Read more »

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Facebook plans on hiring 10,000 Europeans to work on the metaverse

Ryan Daws — Mon, 18 Oct 2021 08:49:51 +0000

Facebook is planning on recruiting the assistance of 10,000 workers across Europe to help build its metaverse vision. The metaverse was first coined in Neal Stephenson’s 1992 science fiction novel Snow Crash, where humans interact with each other and software agents as virtual avatars in a persistent 3D space. Since then, the idea has come... Read more »

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