Facebook changes name to Meta in embrace of virtual reality


Facebook unveiled the company’s new name and logo outside its headquarters in Menlo Park, California, on Oct 28, 2021 after announcing that it is changing its name to Meta Platforms Inc. — AP

Facebook Inc is re-christening itself Meta, decoupling its corporate identity from the eponymous social network mired in toxic content, and highlighting a shift to an emerging computing platform focused on virtual reality.

“The metaverse is the next frontier,” chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg said in a presentation at Facebook’s Connect conference, held virtually on Thursday. “From now on, we’re going to be metaverse-first, not Facebook-first.”

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