Facebook Connect: How to watch the big AR, VR event – CNET

CEO Mark Zuckerberg says he believes people will start seeing Facebook as a metaverse company in the next five years. Illustration by James Martin/CNET At its annual conference Thursday, Facebook is expected to unveil more details about its vision for the future of virtual reality and augmented reality.The social media giant has been betting big on what it calls the “metaverse,”a virtual space where people can be present with friends and family like they’re there in person. Work on the metaverse has already begun. Facebook has been building new versions of its VR headsets and recently partnered with Ray-Ban on its first pair of smart glasses. Get the CNET Daily News newsletter Catch up on the biggest news stories in minutes. Delivered on weekdays. “I view this work as critical to our mission because delivering a sense of presence — like you’re right there with another person — that’s the holy grail of online social experience,” Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday, ahead of the Facebook Connect conference. The big event comes during another rough week for the social media giant. Several news outlets published a series of stories on Monday from a trove of leaked Facebook documents, underscoring the…
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