Facebook jumps the gun and gets meta

Facebook announce it is now Meta as it seeks to control the way you live and interact within a virtual Facebook-owned world.

Facebook is all-in on the metaverse and has signaled to the world that they are serious about it by adopting the new brand name Meta.

First of all - let's get out of the way what a 'metaverse' is. As simply as possible, think of it as the virtual world layered over the top of the real world. To get a bit deeper about it - think about the layer of Interne…