Facebook patents reveal how it intends to cash in on metaverse

 

Meta hopes to use tiny human expressions to create virtual world of personalised ads

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Chief executive Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to spend $10bn a year over the next decade into the nebulous and much-hyped concept denoting an immersive virtual world filled with avatars. Rivals such as Apple and Microsoft are also pursuing similar aims that Big Tech executives describe as part of the next evolution of the internet.  

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