Over the next half decade, the social media giant will embark on a hiring spree. The jobs will be based within the European Union, including Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Poland, the Netherlands and Ireland.
In August, it was reported that Facebook is building a brave new world called the metaverse. The term refers to a collective virtual space in which people can interact with each other in an augmented reality. Consumer, tech, entertainment and other companies are looking at this as the next frontier, as people can live, work and socialize together in a virtual world. It’s predicted that the metaverse will be the next important step up from the internet. Instead of Zoom calls, you can interact with co-workers and clients in a virtual environment that feels real. You can purchase homes, play video games, interact with family and friends, attend concerts, shop, try on clothes at a store and buy items. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Facebook, is one of the leaders of this mission to make the metaverse available and accessible to everyone. Zuckerberg told his employees that he believes that this will be a big part of the future of the social media company. “It’s a virtual environment where you can be present with people in digital spaces,” he explained. The chief executive predicted, “You can kind of think about this as an embodied internet that you’re inside of rather than just looking at. We believe that this is going to be the successor to the mobile internet.” The metaverse, according to Facebook, isn’t just about the company. It is an enormous undertaking that will embrace other organizations and the need for thousands of tech-related professionals to make this happen.
