Zuckerberg's Biggest Bet

Land of the Giants

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Technology, Society & Culture, Business

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 31 August 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Mark Zuckerberg has a vision for the future -- that in a few years, we’ll be living our digital lives in a blend of augmented and virtual reality. The metaverse. To pursue that vision, Zuckerberg’s renamed his entire company and invested billions of dollars in a bid to make Meta the leader of the next tech platform. In our season finale: what are the chances his bet pays off, and why it would give Meta more power than ever. Hosted by Shirin Ghaffary (@shiringhaffary) and Alex Heath (@alexeheath) Subscribe for free. Be the first to hear our next season by hitting the plus sign in your favorite podcast app Follow @recode and @verge for more coverage of Meta and Big Tech Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:49.8	Alex, what up? Can you hear me? I am in the metaverse, and I have lost Alex. Alex, where'd you go?
1:05.6	I just invited you to a party and said you accepted, bad. I don't see you in this party.
1:10.8	I'm wearing a quest 2, a virtual reality headset made by meta. Big goggles, essentially,
1:17.3	the block out my apartment around me. Instead, everywhere I turn, I see a virtual mansion.
1:23.6	And you can see out into this amazing 360-pinoramic vista of red rock mountains. Great place for a party.
1:31.6	If only Alex would accept my invite. Sorry, I'm updating my software. I am not in the metaverse.
1:40.0	I am sitting by an outlet in my apartment, watching a software update load on my quest.
1:45.8	Oh, I heard something. Alex, are you at the party now? Alex? I'm behind you. Oh Jesus, that was kind of creepy.
1:56.3	Okay, okay, what's up? What Shrine is looking at right now is a legless cartoon version of me,
2:03.3	with a little too much of a beard. There aren't a lot of options for facial hair and virtual reality yet.
2:08.8	It's low five, think since. But this is a major piece of Mark Zuckerberg's
2:14.5	metaverse bet. A bet he sunk an unbelievable amount of money into $10 billion in 2021 alone.
2:22.4	So you may be wondering, what exactly is Mark Zuckerberg thinking? We believe the metaverse
2:28.9	will be the successor to the mobile internet. We'll be able to feel present, like we're right there
2:35.1	with people no matter how far apart we actually are. We'll be able to express ourselves in new
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