2023-10-03 22:35:51
The possibilities associated with virtual reality seem endless. Especially for Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Meta, who mentioned, during an interview with the podcaster Lex Fridman, the possibility of dialoguing with his deceased loved ones through the metaverse, emphasizing all the same that it was about a complex question, according to Insider.
During this interview which itself took place in the Metaverse, Zuckerberg gave details on a new technology used by Meta to scan users’ faces in order to create virtual 3D models. He was then asked about the possibilities of this technology being used to speak with deceased relatives. While recognizing that the project was “complex”, the boss of Meta thought that there was “probably a certain balance” and a certain logic in this idea.
Potentially unhealthy
Beyond the reproduction of the face (Meta has already developed ultra-realistic avatars), the artificial intelligence developed by the American company could make it possible to communicate with the missing person. “If someone has lost a loved one and is grieving, it might be helpful to interact with that person or relive certain memories,” Zuckerberg said, while acknowledging that it could become unhealthy. “I’m not an expert on the subject, so I think we should study this and understand it in more detail,” the billionaire tempered.
Quest 3, Meta’s new mixed reality headset (virtual and augmented) will be sold from $500, for delivery from October 10. With its new devices that allow virtual experiences without being cut off from reality, Meta hopes to encourage more developers to create applications in the metaverse, and more consumers to discover these parallel universes.
At the end of 2021, during the pandemic, Facebook became Meta with the idea of becoming a metaverse company, described by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of the internet, after the web and mobile. But the Californian group went through a difficult year in 2022, marked by the first drop in its advertising revenue since its IPO in 2012. And Facebook lost users, before regaining them.
The company, which had never launched a social plan in its 20 years of existence, fired more than 20,000 people between last November and March. Reality Labs, the branch responsible for developing devices and applications for the Metaverse, lost $13.7 billion in 2022, and Meta expects a further hefty addition in 2024.
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