Facebook hardware insiders told The New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac that “this is going to take a long time, i.e. breakthroughs in physics, etc.”
During today’s announcement, Facebook revealed that it’s rebranding itself as “Meta ” — a huge play to virtual and augmented reality technologies, in an effort to replace users’ reality wholesale. In a tech demo, Facebook execs showed off impressive augmented reality versions of their own physical bodies — credit where credit is due — in the form of uncanny renderings that had an impressive amount of detail, down to the pores of their skin. It’s a wild conceptualization of an augmented reality future, but as CEO Mark Zuckerberg himself admitted, the technology is still years out — that is, if the laws of physics will even allow it in the first place. Facebook hardware insiders told The New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac that “this is going to take a long time, i.e. breakthroughs in physics, etc.” according to a tweet. In simple terms, Facebook may have egregiously oversold its promises when it comes to hanging out with your best mates inside a Facebook-hosted metaverse.
