Q&A with Zuckerberg about his vision for the metaverse and its potential to further splinter our sense of shared reality, Biden's comments about Facebook, more
As June came to an end, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told his employees about an ambitious new initiative. Tweets: @ballmatthew , @caseynewton , @reckless , @craigsilverman , @reese_shapiro , @reckless , @martinsfp , @reneritchie , @caseynewton , @caseynewton , @caseynewton , and @tomhbunting . Thanks: @thekenyeung Tweets: Matthew Ball / @ballmatthew : Great and unexpected shout out from Zuckerberg today in @CaseyNewton's deep dive into Facebook's efforts to become “a Metaverse company” Verge Piece: https://www.theverge.com/... Primer: https://www.matthewball.vc/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : It's a lot! A big bold vision that seems great for artists and creators; fraught with dangers for democracy; and that Facebook is now committing to build. You can check out our conversation here via the podcast or a transcript. https://www.theverge.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : Here's @CaseyNewton talking to Mark Zuckerberg about his vision for AR, VR, and the metaverse. It... is a big vision. https://www.theverge.com/... Craig Silverman / @craigsilverman : Zuckerberg compares Facebook to a city and its integrity efforts to the police. It makes sense only if you accept that Facebook is an inevitable byproduct of human society, and not a set of products that exist to make money for shareholders and this one guy who controls it all. https://twitter.com/... Allison / @reese_shapiro : Do not worry about what the metaverse is, this will all make sense when the new Dr.Strange comes out https://twitter.com/... Nilay Patel / @reckless : I think “who gets to augment reality” is a pass / fail test for everyone thinking about AR - a content moderation problem with the potential to destroy the world. Judge for yourself! https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Martin Sfp Bryant / @martinsfp : Mark Zuckerberg: “We will effectively transition from people seeing us as primarily being a social media company to being a metaverse company.” https://www.theverge.com/... Rene Ritchie / @reneritchie : Goal all along was to have Newsfeed destroy the real world so much we'd all be desperate to flee in our own personal VR echo bubble oasis-hells? https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : The VC @ballmatthew has written a series of influential essays in recent years about what a metaverse is. From Fortnite to Roblox to Facebook, executives are paying attention https://www.matthewball.vc/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : At the end of June, Mark Zuckerberg told employees he had a new goal: to turn Facebook into “a metaverse company.” I talked to him about what that means https://www.theverge.com/... https://twitter.com/... Casey Newton / @caseynewton : In other ways, though, a metaverse seems to be exponentially harder to govern than the internet we have today. Among other things, it seems likely to splinter our shared sense of reality even further https://twitter.com/... Tom Bunting / @tomhbunting : Facebook, for all of its excess and sloppiness, is smart in acknowledging the future is beyond Web 2.0 social networking. The issue is that the “metaverse” is incredibly hazy; wholly based on user interest and scale. Do people still trust Facebook? https://www.theverge.com/... Thanks: @thekenyeung