Today we're going to talk
about the Metaverse. I want to share what we
imagine is possible. The experiences you'll have, the creative economy
we'll all build, and the technology that
needs to be invented, as well as how we're going
to all do this together. The basic story of technology in our lifetimes is
how it's given us the power to express
ourselves and experience the world with
ever greater richness. Back when I started
Facebook, that mostly meant texts that
we typed on computers. Then we all got phones with cameras, and the Internet
became much more visual. Recently, as connections
got faster, video has become the main way
that we experience content. We've gone from desktop
to web, to phones, from text to photos to video, but this isn't
the end of the line. The next platform and medium
will be even more immersive. An embodied Internet
where you are in the experience, not
just looking at it. We call this the Metaverse. You're going to be
able to do almost anything you can imagine. Get together with
friends and family, work, learn, play, shop, create, as well as entirely
new categories that don't really fit how we think about computers or phones today. Now, since we're doing
this remotely today, I figured, let's
make this special. We've put together something that I think is really
going to give you a feeling for what this
future could be like. We believe the Metaverse will be the successor to the
mobile Internet. We'll be able to feel
present like we're right there with people no matter how far apart we actually are. We'll be able to express
ourselves in new joyful, completely
immersive ways. That's going to unlock a lot
of amazing new experiences. When I send my parents
a video of my kids, they're going to
feel like they're right in the moment with us, not peering through
a little window. When you play a game
with your friends, you'll feel like
you're right there together in a different world, not just on your
computer by yourself. When you're in a meeting
in the Metaverse, it'll feel like you're right in the room together,
making eye contact, having a shared sense
of space, and not just looking at a grid of
faces on a screen. That's what we mean by
an embodied Internet. Instead of looking at a screen, you're going to be in
these experiences. Everything we do online
today, connecting socially, entertainment, games, work is going to be
more natural and vivid. This isn't about spending
more time on screens, it's about making the time
that we already spend better. Screens just can't convey the full range of human
expression and connection. They can't deliver
the deep feeling of presence. But the next
version of the Internet can. That's what we should
be working towards. Technology that's built
around people and how we actually experience the world and interact with each other.
Note : this course is sponsored by Meta Part #1
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