On Thursday, Facebook did not even make any executive changes. On Zuckerberg’s personal Facebook profile, however, his professional title has been modified to “Founder and CEO at Meta.”
When asked by The Insider if he planned to stay as CEO of Facebook for the next five years, Zuckerberg replied: “Most likely. I don’t have a set deadline for how long I want to do this. I suppose I might say that I’m quite thrilled about the next phase of our work.”
Zuckerberg began the huge product presentation by promising dozens of new new social, gaming, and workplace concepts for the metaverse – and by noting the optics of focusing on such things in the midst of increasing scrutiny of the corporation.
Facebook displayed a series of concept animations highlighting its vision for the metaverse, such as sending a holographic representation of oneself to a concert with a buddy who is actually going, sitting around virtual meeting tables with faraway coworkers, or playing immersive games with pals. Facebook recently announced that it will recruit 10,000 workers throughout Europe to develop the concept.
Zuckerberg also revealed plans for a virtual marketplace where developers can sell virtual products, as well as a redesigned home page in Oculus Quest to make talking and gaming in the virtual world more sociable.
“Your devices will no longer be the center of your attention,” he stated. “In the next five to ten years, we’ll start to see a lot of these technologies come together. A lot of this will become commonplace, and many of us will be building and inhabiting worlds as vivid and compelling as this one on a regular basis.”