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Facebook Changes Its Name to 'Meta'

This thread will probably be the last time the company is referred to as "Meta" on this forum. When was the last time you seen Google referred to as "Alphabet" in a macrumors story or thread?
 
Honestly, I'm surprised this didn't happen before. I have thought for some time that the Facebook name is very limiting for a company that tries to expand into different markets.
 
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ArtOfWarfare said:
Is it? It seems to me that pretty much nothing has changed in this space in a decade.

Ten years ago we had cool tech demos but were waiting for a killer app.

Today we have cool tech demos plus Half Life Alyx but are still waiting for a killer app.

I know what the killer app is (I've written paragraphs explaining it on the MR forums in the past). I think Facebook and Apple also know what the killer app is.

I put my money on Apple delivering it. Apple has a history of delivering on hardware. Everyone trusts Apple. Apple's biggest weakness is they generally suck at making web services, but iMessage works pretty okay, so I think they'll be able to overcome that weakness and deliver on this.

Facebook is the opposite of Apple here. They have a track record of nothing but flops in hardware. Although I mostly trust Facebook, whether I as an individual trust them or not doesn't matter much - most people don't trust Facebook. The strongest thing Facebook has going for them is how great they are at delivering software, and specifically web services. I don't know that Facebook can overcome their issues of trust and chronically mediocre hardware. Maybe I should invest a little in Facebook just so I can ride the wave if they do deliver on this...
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I think we've come a long way since DK1 but yes I can see how it doesn't look like much currently. I'm just really excited about what's coming within the next year and beyond. If we get headsets with features similar to what Pimax and Varjo showed off recently I think hardware wise we're looking at a huge jump in the tech. Eye-tracking, foveated rendering, wide FOV, better lenses with no haloing, better displays, retina resolution, micro OLED, varifocal lenses, full body and hand tracking, 60GHz wireless connection, XR passthrough cameras, lightweight and small headsets, etc. There are so many things to look forward to and that's only for VR.

Looking at the current headsets we have, it feels like we're still in the early phase of the tech. It reminds me of when we started getting the first clunky smart phones before 2007. It'll be fun to see what Apple has to bring to this.
 
Well… the metaverse is a big aim to shoot for. Rebranding or no, the proof is in whether they can deliver on that claim. It is not impossible, but the result is going to look a lot more like an mmorpg than Facebook currently.

If they buy the right tech companies, and have the right talent in charge, it can be done.

But seriously I would have thought Blizzard would have more of a chance of pulling it off than Facebook.
 
I log onto Meta.com for all my latest anti-vax information.
I log onto Facebook.com for all my latest antivax information.

That diabolical so and so saved me 4 letters of typing!!

thank's zuck!
 
Rafael Santos said:
All hail our lizard overlord! :)
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