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I realise I sound like a Luddite, but I don't want this. Famously good for your carbon footprint, crypto. And yes, of course NFTs and NFTs and cryptocurrency are part of the plan. Zuckerberg says "the metaverse will not be created by one company," rather loads of "creators and developers making new experiences and digital items that are interoperable and unlock a massively larger creative economy than the one constrained by today's platforms and their policies." A chilling mention of "new forms of governance" too. Your TV, your perfect work setup with multiple monitors, your board games and more - instead of physical things assembled in factories, they'll be holograms designed by creators around the world." "Think about how many physical things you have today that could just be holograms in the future. You'll be able to spend more time on what matters to you, cut down time in traffic, and reduce your carbon footprint. "This will open up more opportunity no matter where you live. "In this future, you will be able to teleport instantly as a hologram to be at the office without a commute, at a concert with friends, or in your parents' living room to catch up," Mark Zuckerberg said in a public letter. Through VR and AR, it will have a physical presence, be a physical place we can go, transport bodies and objects not just minds and fingertips. The metaverse, according to nerks who read too many bad cyberpunk novels (or feel they've as good as read the novels because it's part of the zeitgeist, y'know, everyone knows it, no need to read a book), is the next step of Internet evolution. Though they do plan to rebrand Oculus goggles to Meta goggles. Facebook the social network is still named Facebook, but now it's part of the parent company Meta, along with Instagram and the rest. The company announced the new name last night. Mark Zuckerberg suggests that in the future they're building, you'll experience everything through virtual and augmented reality, and that definitely won't be a horrible world devoid of intimacy, okay, it'll be great. Yes, it is named after the metaverse, because tech megacorps can't resist the delusion that their platform to sell adverts is elevating humanity to a new plane of existence. The company behind Facebook and Oculus, previously known as Facebook, have unveiled a new name: Meta.