{"id":27670,"date":"2021-12-12T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-12-12T10:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/whats-new-in-the-digital-world-the-facebook-metaverse\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T16:02:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:32:37","slug":"whats-new-in-the-digital-world-the-facebook-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"noticias","link":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/news\/whats-new-in-the-digital-world-the-facebook-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s New in the Digital World: The Facebook Metaverse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By:<\/strong> Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, December 12, 2021<\/p>\n\n<p>No more Facebook, now the company will be called Meta. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the change of the corporate name of the company he founded 17 years ago.<\/p>\n\n<p>According to Zuckerberg, Facebook is an iconic social media brand, but it doesn&#8217;t encompass everything they do. The founder and CEO of Meta said that the name was inspired by the Greek word meta, which means &#8220;beyond&#8221;. &#8220;For me, it symbolizes that there is always more to build.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065759\/5-Foto-2-Metaverso.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13345\" width=\"663\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065759\/5-Foto-2-Metaverso.jpeg 780w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065759\/5-Foto-2-Metaverso-768x431.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065759\/5-Foto-2-Metaverso-624x350.jpeg 624w, https:\/\/cdn.inspenet.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/05065759\/5-Foto-2-Metaverso-600x337.jpeg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><figcaption>Image: Facebook<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n<p><strong>But what is the metaverse?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Facebook describes it as &#8220;a set of virtual spaces where you can create and explore with other people who are not in the same physical space as you.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n<p>The metaverse would be a kind of augmented reality, where a person can send a holographic image of themselves to a concert with a friend attending in real life, work and meet with remote friends, or play immersive games.<\/p>\n\n<p>Zuckerberg also announced that Messenger calls will come to virtual reality, his plans to transact in a virtual marketplace where virtual goods can be sold. This digital world would be accessed with a VR viewer and a 3D avatar, connecting all kinds of digital environments.<\/p>\n\n<p>It is also creating virtual reality applications for social gatherings and the workplace, including those that allow you to interact with the real world.<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/empresas-y-economia\/primer-plan-zuckerberg-para-rentabilizar-metaverso-facebook-imitar-negocio-fortnite-vender-atuendos-digitales\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.xataka.com\/empresas-y-economia\/primer-plan-zuckerberg-para-rentabilizar-metaverso-facebook-imitar-business-fortnite-vender-atuendos-digitales<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p><strong>Image:<\/strong> Facebook<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Franyi Sarmiento, Inspenet, December 12, 2021<br \/>\nNo more Facebook, now the company will be called Meta. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg announced the change of the corporate name of the company he founded 17 years ago.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":25496,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categoria_noticias":[13034,13080],"etiqueta_noticias":[],"class_list":["post-27670","noticias","type-noticias","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","categoria_noticias-curiosities","categoria_noticias-technology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/27670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/noticias"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27670"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/noticias\/27670\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25496"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"categoria_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categoria_noticias?post=27670"},{"taxonomy":"etiqueta_noticias","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspenet.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/etiqueta_noticias?post=27670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}