Mo Meta, Mo Problems: Could Facebook be broken up?

From Radio New Zealand’s “Nine To Noon“: Meta – the parent of Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and much more besides – finds itself fighting for its life against a suit from the US Federal Trade Commission, charging abuse of monopoly power – because they acquired Instagram and WhatsApp in order to neutralise up-and-coming competitors. Even in Trump’s America, that could result in the break-up of the trillion-dollar social media giant. Plus: are you up for a Day of Unplugging? No devices, no screens, for 24 hours? How about giving it a go – tomorrow? Would that excite or terrify you?

A Brief History of the Metaverse: VIRTUALLY EVERYONE

In the 2010s, VR roared back into life with Oculus, Vive, WebGL and Hololens. Minecraft, Roblox and Fortnite gave millions a deep drink of the potential of the Metaverse. Facebook – renamed Meta – bet the house on the Metaverse. Where is the Metaverse headed? We hear insights from forty years of experts.

Watch “3 Dreams of Black”, the amazing interactive music video, created in WebGL. (Requires Google Chrome.)

Read “Nonny de la Peña and the power of Immersive Storytelling”

Is Meta Horizons a success? Many recent reports indicate otherwise.

Here’s Tony’s closing poem, “The Mirror”.