https://www.vox.com/recode/22799665/facebook-metaverse-meta-zuckerberg-oculus-vr-ar

The futuristic tech Mark Zuckerberg is investing billions in could remake the internet.

It’s the next big breakthrough in technology. It’s a joke. It’s a marketing strategy. It’s a techno-dystopian nightmare. It’s the metaverse — defined most simply as a virtual world where people can socialize, work, and play — and Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg believes it is the future of the internet and of his trillion-dollar company.