Leading Technical Experts Explain Why Facebook Changed Its Name To Meta.
Yesterday, Facebook announced that it would change its name to Meta, which may surprise many people. In this article, Alexa Greaves, CEO of AAG-IT, said so. Com provides an overview of this change, including why it happened and what it means to most people.
First, as of this week, “Facebook” actually has two names.
“Facebook”, social media platform
“Facebook Company”, the parent company owns Facebook, Instagram, Watts APP, etc.
Name change refers to a company, currently called “Meta”.
Why did Facebook change its name?
Meta has chosen this change for many reasons.
This is a cynical view that Mao is part of a campaign to keep Facebook, a social media platform, away from recent problems. It may just be a part of it.
A company has dozens of smaller entities. The most famous are Instagram and Whatsapp. There are many technologies that can help Meta improve data processing and provide breakthrough virtual reality and augmented reality services.
Renaming cannot be an impulsive decision or an unintentional reaction to some bad news. More likely, it is a way to turn a company into a unique entity unrelated to the social media platform.
It provides a clearer picture in the eyes of the public(and investors), and Facebook is only part of Meta’s arsenal. This will make any future acquisitions in the technology sector look more natural and sensible.
This reflects the decision of “Google” to rename its brand as “letter”, separating the public image of the parent company and the search engine.
What does this mean to me?
For most people, the change of name does not mean anything. The social media platform Facebook is still called Facebook. It is owned by a company with a different name.
Why meta
Meta is a very concise way to explain how the parent company views itself.
The company’s recent large acquisitions are in the virtual/augmented reality field. The most eye-catching purchase in recent years is the VR game console Oculas.
“Meta” is most often used to represent things that are above other things. For example, “meta science” will become the scientific research of scientific research. MetaNews is news about news” Metapolitics “is political politics.
This reflects that META’s position in the parent company is higher than that of assets. A company that owns and operates a company.
However, “Meta” may mean an additional layer of experience provided by virtual and augmented reality technologies. Mark Zuckerberg said that this measure is the first step for the company to create “Metabus”(users can participate in virtual concerts, virtual conferences, etc.).
The success of meta in creating metabus depends on the adoption. Although virtual reality is becoming more and more popular, it is still an edge technology. But they are the best companies in the world to accomplish this ambitious task.