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Facebook changes name to Meta in embrace of virtual reality

Naomi Nix and Kurt Wagner

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Facebook 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 (Friday AEDT).

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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/technology/facebook-changes-name-to-meta-in-embrace-of-virtual-reality-20211029-p5946n