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Ella Kitt

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April 28, 2022 9:58 p.m.

The Quad: Discussing future of internet in relation to corporate ownership, metaverse

In a widely circulated video released in October 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the company’s rebranding as Meta.
During an hourlong video demo, Zuckerberg travels back and forth between the real, physical world and what he terms the metaverse – a reference to the three-dimensional manifestation of the internet in the 1992 science fiction novel, “Snow Crash.” Fundamentally, this move signifies the company’s investment in virtual and augmented reality, which Zuckerberg has deemed the future of the internet.

By Ella Kitt

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