A new tech-industry battle is taking shape over the “metaverse” is heating up as companies like Facebook and Roblox work to shape a virtual realm that most consumers don’t yet know exists
A new tech-industry battle is taking shape over the “metaverse” as companies such as Facebook Inc. and Roblox Corp. work to shape a virtual realm that most consumers don’t yet know exists.
The metaverse concept, rooted in science-fiction novels such as “Snow Crash” and “Ready Player One,” encompasses an extensive online world transcending individual tech platforms, where people exist in immersive, shared virtual spaces. Through avatars, people would be able to try on items available in stores or attend concerts with friends, just as they would offline.
On Thursday, Facebook launched public testing of Horizon Workrooms, a free app used on its Oculus Quest 2 virtual-reality headset, that lets people enter virtual offices as avatars and participate in meetings while seeing their computer screen and keyboard. The concept is aimed at connecting people in hybrid-work and remote-work environments, the company said.
“In the future, working together will be one of the main ways people use the metaverse,” Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg wrote in a Facebook post.—and “Fortnite” maker Epic Games Inc. as investors bet the popular videogame worlds will have an early foothold in the nascent online space.
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