Facebook plans to hire 10,000 people in EU to form ‘Metaverse’ – Times of India

Facebook Inc. I plan to rent 10,000 The European Union Over the next five years, the social media giant asked Monday to help create the so-called metaverse — a nascent online world where people exist and communicate in shared virtual spaces.
This will be a significant step the company is taking towards the concept, some top bosses said. Mark Zuckerberg postponed in recent months.
In September, Facebook pledged $50 million to build the Metaverse, where companies like roblox corp and “Fortnite” creator epic games Get your feet fast
The company had earlier started testing a new virtual-reality remote work app where users of the company’s Oculus Quest 2 headset can conduct meetings as avatar versions of themselves.
Facebook also said that in July it was building a product team to work on the Metaverse that would be part of Facebook Reality Labs, its augmented reality and virtual reality group.
“This investment (in new jobs) is a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech industry and the potential of European technical talent,” the company said.
“Europe is extremely important to Facebook.”

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