Goal faces one more problem around the development of its metaverse: competition from Apple, who is also working on devices and services focused on the virtual world. Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the company formerly known as Facebook, has detailed in an internal meeting to which he has had access The Vergand through recordings of the attendees, that the signature is in a “very deep philosophical competence“in front of the Cupertino company.
Zuckerberg’s statements came after a question from one of the attendees at the meeting. This one, in particular, wanted to know how the launch of virtual and augmented reality devices by Apple could affect the company. Tim Cook’s firm, remember, is working on a virtual and augmented reality viewer similar to the Meta Oculus. Including, yes, presumably more advanced functions, such as higher resolution screens, sensors to detect movements of each part of the body or even objects in our environment.
Zuckerberg made no secret of his concern about Apple’s future entry into the metaverse. He claimed that it is “pretty clear that Apple is going to be a competitor” for the company. The manager, on the other hand, has reproached the apple firm for not joining its ecosystem, the so-called Metaverse Open Standards Group in which companies such as Epic Games or Microsoft also collaborate.
“We’re approaching this in an open way and trying to build a more open ecosystem. We’re trying to make more things interoperable with Android. We’re trying to develop the metaverse in a way where you can take your virtual goods from one world to another. We created the Metaverse Open Standards Group with a bunch of other people you just mentioned, and Apple hasn’t joined.”
Mark Zuckerberg, in a meeting with employees on June 30.
The CEO of Meta is not sure what will work best
The Meta CEO also believes that his metaverse can offer an important advantage over Apple, who seems to opt for a closed ecosystem, in which only its devices and services would work with each other. Zuckerberg, however, admits that it is not clear what kind of ecosystem will work best. That is, if an open one, like the one they themselves propose; or closed, like the one they could bet on at Apple. “One of the things that I think is interesting is that it’s not very clear up front whether an open or closed ecosystem is going to be better,” he said.
Meta, however, continues to advance in the development of its metaverse, although not at the pace that the company expected. The current economy and problems related to the war in Ukraine, such as the loss of millions of users by suspending its services in Russia, are causing the formerly known as Facebook hit the brakes on some of your most ambitious projects. Among them, the metaverse.
Currently, in fact, the company has frozen the hiring of new talent for the development of its virtual world. However, they maintain their intention to launch new augmented reality and virtual reality devices in the coming months.
Apple, meanwhile, is secretly working in the metaverse.
Meanwhile, Apple continues to work on its metaverse and on products focused on this ecosystem, but in a much more private way than Meta. So far, all the details we know about the company’s virtual reality and augmented reality devices are thanks to leaks.
Apple, however, has hinted at future developments related to this area. The last time, just a few weeks ago, in the words of the CEO himself, Tim Cook, who suggested a future launch of Apple Glass. “I couldn’t be more excited about the opportunities in this space. Stay tuned and you’ll see what we have to offer,” the executive confirmed in an interview with ChinaDaily.