Facebook has announced that it plans to hire 10,000 new employees in the next five years to develop virtual reality technologies and implement the metaverse concept.
The project will be worked on by the European division, in which the tech giantwill attract talented, highly specialized engineers. Facebook Seesthe metaverse as a single digital world that combines virtual and augmented reality systems.This digital universe will not be open and independent like the Internet and will not functioncompletely autonomous.
Within the framework of the project, the company plans to activelycooperate with regional authorities to find talented professionals and initially create a meta-universe, taking into account all EU values, such as freedom of expression, confidentiality and transparency. As a result, she wants to form a space that will open up new opportunities for the world in the economic, social and creative spheres.
The announcement says that this is a long-term initiative, and many products will be fully implemented in 10-15 years at the earliest.
Over the past few years, Facebook has been actively investing in projects related to virtual and augmented reality.In addition to the sensational compact VR glasses, the company is also working on other devices, such as a braceletto mentally control the AR interface.
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