2023-04-05 12:58:47
While all eyes converge on the potential and threats of new artificial intelligence developments, Meta -the parent company of Facebook– insists that he metaverso, that virtual space in which we become avatars that interact with each other, is the true future of the web. This was made known by his head of global affairs, Nick Cleggduring a press conference that he gave from London to a group of journalists in Washington, using one of the company’s platforms.
The attendees, whom Meta had lent virtual reality headsets to communicate“They looked like torsos sitting around a big wooden table, but only Clegg’s avatar really looked like him,” he described. Bloomberg with some malice. It is that the event had moments that bordered on the ridiculous. When a reporter asked a question, three avatars moved their mouths in unison. And while his colleagues tried to get rid of the helmets to take notes, the same avatars began to wave their arms uncontrollably. Watching for disaster, Clegg promised friendlier experiences in the future. Perhaps one “that doesn’t weigh so much on the head and includes virtual legs”, ironized the site.
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The strategy of the emporium of Mark Zuckerberg is to capitalize on the metaverse in the world of trade and the advertisingwhere he has already proven his success personalizing ads for Facebook users and Instagram. The unknown is how many people will be willing to spend their money on digital goods or use virtual reality devices for their purchases. Although sectors such as gaming and the fitness received the new environments with some enthusiasm, the optimistic promises are far from materializing in the educationthe health and the policy.
In fact, a good part of the players in the techno world seem to have lost initial interest, generating a divestment also forced by a global economy with signs of recession. Two months ago, Microsoft canceled its project for an industrial metaverse, as part of a cutback that involved 10,000 layoffs. Last week, Disney eliminated the division that was working on those same strategies.
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Although she does not recognize it, her own Meta is in trouble. Last year, when he faced the unprecedented scenario of three consecutive quarters of profit drop, Zuckerberg announced that he would accelerate his commitment to the metaverse, a decision that investors punished with a plunge in shares. A panorama that harmed 21,000 people who lost their jobs in the emporium between 2022 and so far in 2023, proving the rigor of a very real decision, far from virtual.
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