Facebook to Rename Itself 'Meta'

臉書改名為「Meta」

Facebook announced Thursday it was changing its name to Meta, rechristening itself as a digitally innovative company moving beyond 2D screens even as insider revelations paint the tech giant as apathetic toward hate speech, misinformation and mental health.

臉書於週四（編按：2021 年 10 月 28 日）宣布改名為「Meta」，即使內部舉報人士把這個科技巨頭形容成對仇恨言論、假訊息和心理健康等議題漠不關心，然而重新命名代表著臉書將成為超越平面（二維空間，2D）螢幕的數位創新公司。

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Facebook to Rename Itself 'Meta'
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October 28, 2021 3:32 PM (source)

Facebook to Rename Itself 'Meta'

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October 28, 2021 3:32 PM

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自從吹哨人（Whistleblower）弗朗西絲．霍根（Frances Haugen）揭露內部文件訊息後，臉書就不斷地受到嚴格審查。為了重塑形象，臉書將開發能讓人身歷其境的虛擬實境（virtual reality，VR）。根據祖克柏（Zuckerberg）表示，用戶將可虛擬化身在立體空間（三維空間，3D）進行專案合作、玩遊戲、聯絡對方，並且客製化用戶的虛擬物件及化妝品，結合Dropbox和Slack等非臉書的應用程式，還可以與朋友、同事用虛擬方式會面等，用戶可讓體驗更加個人化。儘管祖克柏了解元宇宙（metaverse）仍只存在於科幻小說中，但他預期這個概念將在十年內普及。

Facebook announced Thursday it was changing its name to Meta, rechristening itself as a digitally innovative company moving beyond 2D screens even as insider revelations paint the tech giant as apathetic toward hate speech, misinformation and mental health.

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said during Thursday's livestreamed augmented reality and virtual reality (VR) conference that Facebook's name change reflects a shift beyond its scrollable social media feed.

"The next platform in medium will be even more immersive," he said. "An embodied internet where you're in the experience, not just looking at it. We call this the metaverse."

Zuckerberg said he was inspired by the classics. "Meta," he said, comes from the Greek word for "beyond." Facebook-owned apps such as Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger will still figure into the company's mission, but as it builds out its VR vision, Facebook has found "a new North Star to help bring the metaverse to life," Zuckerberg said.

Facebook has been the subject of intense scrutiny since Frances Haugen, a former employee, leaked a trove of internal documents now known as the Facebook Papers. According to The New York Times, Haugen has made the rounds with lawmakers and regulators in the U.S. and Europe, arguing for tighter controls on the rapidly growing company.

As part of its rebranding, Facebook will develop a newly immersive VR option. Digital avatars will be "living 3D representations" of users, Zuckerberg said, which will allow people to work, play games and socialize together. Users can customize their experience with virtual items and cosmetics, integrate non-Facebook applications such as Dropbox and Slack, and meet friends and coworkers remotely.

This social platform, called Horizon, will be accessible through Facebook's Oculus Quest, the company's VR headset. Privacy and safety will be key features of the metaverse: Users can block people and "teleport to a private bubble to be alone," Zuckerberg said.

Horizon will take a four-pronged approach to privacy, according to Zuckerberg, with its Responsible Innovation Principles: "Never surprise people," "Provide controls that matter," "Consider everyone" and "Put people first." It's reminiscent of Google's founding rule, "Don't be evil," but critics say Facebook has done a poor job in the past of protecting users' private data.

Zuckerberg acknowledged the metaverse's sci-fi sound but predicted it would be mainstream within a decade. In that time, he hopes the metaverse will reach 1 billion users, facilitate billions of dollars' worth of e-commerce and support millions of new jobs, according to his keynote address at Thursday's virtual conference.