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    Facebook plans to hire 10,000 in Europe to build a virtual reality-based 'metaverse'

    Facebook posted on Sunday that the high-skilled workers will help build "the metaverse," a futuristic notion for connecting people online. The social network isn't the only one working on the concept.
    by The Associated Press Oct 18, 2021 3 minutes
    Updated October 18, 2021 at 2:20 PM ET

    LONDON (AP) — Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns about privacy and the social platform gaining more control over people's online lives.

    The company said in a blog post Sunday that those high-skilled workers will help build "the metaverse," a futuristic notion for connecting online that uses augmented and virtual reality.

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