{"id":22479,"date":"2025-04-30T13:50:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-30T13:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/?p=22479"},"modified":"2025-12-30T07:57:43","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T07:57:43","slug":"meta-refuses-to-give-up-on-the-metaverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/meta-refuses-to-give-up-on-the-metaverse\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta Refuses to Give Up on the Metaverse: Now Launching &#8220;Metaversities&#8221;!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Meta<\/strong> is pushing forward with its commitment to the <strong>Metaverse<\/strong>, this time by collaborating with universities in the <strong>United States<\/strong> and <strong>United Kingdom<\/strong> to launch so-called <strong>&#8220;Metaversities&#8221;<\/strong>. These selected universities will integrate <strong>Metaverse technologies<\/strong> into their <strong>educational systems<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The company, which even changed its name from Facebook to Meta to reflect its <strong>Metaverse vision<\/strong>, is now taking a bold step in the <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/us-university-launches-education-on-metaverse\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"4491\">education<\/a><\/em> sector<\/strong>. Under the leadership of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/mark-zuckerberg-delays-metaverse-project\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"6195\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a><\/em><\/strong>, Meta has formed partnerships with a number of academic institutions to establish virtual universities using <strong>augmented reality (AR)<\/strong> and <strong>virtual reality (VR)<\/strong> tools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a &#8220;Metaversity&#8221;?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"435\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/metaverse.webp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19339\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/metaverse.webp 696w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/metaverse-300x188.webp 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/metaverse-150x94.webp 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In simple terms, the <strong>Metaverse<\/strong> aims to <strong>transfer real-life experiences into a virtual world<\/strong>. According to Zuckerberg and his team, this is the <strong>future of technology<\/strong>. However, despite investing <strong>billions of dollars<\/strong>, Meta has struggled to generate <strong>profit<\/strong> from the Metaverse, largely due to widespread public skepticism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now, the company is turning to the <strong>education industry<\/strong> as a new channel to promote the <strong>Metaverse<\/strong>. Through this initiative, <strong>courses will be delivered in digital environments<\/strong>, and students will participate using <strong>AR headsets<\/strong> to interact with immersive content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A New Era in Education<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-1024x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-1024x405.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-300x119.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-768x304.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-1536x608.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse-150x59.jpg 150w, https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Aoike-Distance-Education-High-School-Learning-on-Metaverse.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Meta, <strong>Metaversities<\/strong> will revolutionize <strong>education<\/strong> in fields such as <strong>science<\/strong>, <strong>medicine<\/strong>, <strong>history<\/strong>, and <strong>language arts<\/strong>. Instructors will be able to engage with students more effectively and deliver <strong>enriched learning experiences<\/strong> thanks to the immersive technologies being implemented.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">You Might Also Like;<\/h3>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-latest-posts__list wp-block-latest-posts\"><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta is pushing forward with its commitment to the Metaverse, this time by collaborating with universities in the United States and United Kingdom to launch so-called &#8220;Metaversities&#8221;. These selected universities will integrate Metaverse technologies into their educational systems. The company, which even changed its name from Facebook to Meta to reflect its Metaverse vision, is &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14864,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAown96uCw:productID":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[322],"tags":[318],"class_list":["post-22479","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-metaverse1","tag-metaverse-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22479","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14864"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/metaverseplanet.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}