Facebook Founder, Mark Zuckerberg Says Meta to Test Selling Virtual Products in the Metaverse
- Meta, the parent company of Facebook will soon start selling virtual goods in the Metaverse, according to Mark Zuckerberg, the company's CEO
- Zuckerberg said the company is testing a set of tools to make that a reality and has selected few creators to kickstart the project
- The tech billionaire said the company is rolling out the tools beginning with just a few creators and they will see how it pans out in the long run
People will soon start buying virtual products from Facebook’s or Meta’s Metaverse.
The company’s CEO, Mark Zuckerberg says Meta wants to make it easier for people to spend and make money on its virtual reality platform, Horizon Worlds, an essential part of the company’s plan for creating the metaverse.
In a published video on Monday, the Facebook owner said that the company trialling new tools that let designers and creators sell virtual assets and experiences in the world they build on Horizon, according to a CNBC reports.
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E-commerce in a virtual world
According to the tech mogul, to sell virtual items and accessing things inside the world is a new part of e-commerce.
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He said the company is rolling out the tools beginning with just a few creators and they will see how it pans out in the long run.
The company said users could make and sell attachable accessories for a fashion-eccentric environment or offer paid access to a new part of a particular world, for instance.
What Horizon Worlds is
It was formally known as Facebook Horizon and is a free virtual reality and online video game that allows people tp build and explore the virtual universe.
The company posted the game on its Oculus VR headsets in the US and Canada on December 9, 2021, and has not been rolled out worldwide yet.
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