Facebook
Inc. The change of name to Meta means that its corporate name will be decoupled from the social networking platform Facebook, which has recently been in trouble, highlighting the company’s focus on turning to an emerging computing platform based on virtual reality.CEO Mark Zuckerberg at Facebook on Thursday
A speech at the Connect conference said, “The metaverse is the next frontier. From now on, we will put the metaverse first, not Facebook first.”
Facebook hopes to bet the future on the new computing platform “metauniverse”. The name change is the clearest signal. The concept of metauniverse originates from the imagination of science fiction writers. In Facebook’s view, whether talking with colleagues in a conference room or hanging out with friends in remote parts of the world, people will gather and communicate by entering a virtual environment.
Facebook said that its shares will begin trading under the new symbol “MVRS” from December 1.