In the rapidly growing world of metaverse companies, it comes as no surprise that tech giants like Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have become interested in the sector. Zuckerberg’s reported plan to buy a virtual reality startup, Improbable, shocked the gaming and tech worlds in January 2021 after it was announced that the company had pulled out of a deal to purchase the London-based software developer. Improbable had been working for several years on the development of a distributed, scalable platform for the creation of virtual worlds and other online simulations, which had caught the eye of Zuckerberg who, it was said, wanted to get in on the technology.
The news of Zuckerberg’s reported interest in the metaverse sector has created a flurry of discussion and debate among tech analysts, venture capitalists, and gaming specialists. Several experts point to the potential of virtual universes as a platform for Facebook’s growing presence in the world of gaming and social media. Virtual reality has been growing rapidly in recent years, with companies like Epic Games, Oculus, and V
