What is a metaverse? Facebook to hire 10000 EU workers but no Britons for virtual reality scheme - The Times

Facebook is to hire 10,000 people in the EU to help create a “metaverse” where users can interact in virtual reality without being physically in the same space.

The US tech giant said it will recruit “highly specialised” engineers to build the system envisioned by Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s creator, as the successor to the internet. Recruitment will take place in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands and Ireland. There are no plans to hire in the United Kingdom.

Facebook’s first step will take Zoom-style meetings into the virtual realm, where participants use headsets and sit in “meeting rooms” rather than use basic cameras and microphones. The ultimate goal is to create a cyberworld where users can attend concerts, set up shops or

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