Facebook will invest $ 50 million in the development of Meta Universe and will do "responsible" development.

Yesterday (September 27), Facebook announced its latest update via its blog post, XR Plan. Over the next two years, it will invest $ 50 million in international research and collaboration on the Metaverse. in responsibility.

The concept of the Facebook meta-universe

The Metaverse is a virtual space, and Facebook wants to go beyond the boundaries of that physical space so that people in multiple locations can work, play, study, shop, and create together through the Metaverse. The rise of the metauniverse doesn't mean people need to spend more time in the online world, we hope the time people spend online can be more rewarding.

Responsible for improvement

Facebook has been embroiled in controversy in recent years over privacy concerns, policy access restrictions, and access control.We'll discuss the issues and timelines of the Global Meta with experts from government, industry, and education. Human rights and civil rights will be involved from the start of the plan to ensure that these skills are developed on a broad and solid basis."

Facebook also announced several important partnerships to plan and eliminate risk.

1. The company

How will Facebook provide more choice for users, encourage competition, and support the growth of digital commerce?

2. Personal information

How does Facebook reduce data usage, make data usage transparent, and provide users with data management?

3. Safety and fairness

How Facebook keeps people safe online and empowers users to take action when they feel uncomfortable.

4. Honesty and patience

How does Facebook ensure that the development of this technology includes and works?

In addition to the XR service, Facebook also announced a public beta service called "Horizon Workrooms," which offers a virtual reality experience that allows people to collaborate remotely and have conversations online. The Oculus Quest 2 VR wearable device lets you interact with others with your own virtual characters (avatars) in the same VR chat environment, an important step in creating a Facebook meta-universe.

Development focus on the global meta

As the concept of meta-globalization works, more and more companies are investing in the development of this field, and through Facebook advertising, as well as focusing on social services, harmony, which is their strength, and their raison d'être. To protect personal information without restricting location. Ask Facebook community users in your area.

And Huang Renxun, CEO of image processing company Nvidia, said in a recent interview with overseas media that the metaverse design developed by his company, Omniverse, will focus on industrial application. The main focus is the physics-compatible VR simulation environment. .

Given the current improvement, there is no clear definition of Metaverse, and different companies have a different and developmental focus on Metaverse. But the truth is that the economic and technological processes that the direction of the metaverse is too broad and will likely affect our view of the future.