Facebook Parent Meta's First Physical Store
Meta store
it's the first ever physical retail space for Facebook's parent company Meta
inside here you can test and buy everything from video chat hardware to virtual
reality headsets. Let's take a look around the store is about 1500 square feet
and it's not at Meta's HQ in Menlo park
but about 14 miles north pretty close to the SFO airport in Burlington California.
Because this
city is home to meadows reality labs HQ which is working on developing the
metaverse the idea according to Meta is that by letting people like you and i
try these products. We can start understanding how these devices could one day
bring us to the metaverse. So we have stepped inside this cool little room here
to explore the portal this is the portal go and what's really cool about this
setup is that you can actually use this device to chat with a sales associate
if there isn't one available in the store.
The portal
go and there is the whole range of portal devices that you can try here at the
store there is the TV the 10 inch
the plus and of course the go and next we're going to check out the ray ban
story smart glasses. These are the ray van story smart glasses and the idea
here is that you put on these glasses and you can take photos and videos
directly from your lenses without having to grab a camera you can also take
calls from these and listen to music which is pretty cool.
This is the only product that you can't buy here in store which is a bit of a bummer but it is nice to be able to try on the pairs in person and at least see which ones. If you want to learn more about the quest 2 you can do it at this wonder wall you can explore games by your interest whether that's music and rhythm sport and fitness or more and you can also explore the quest to accessories that being said what does it mean to be able to explore these products in person as opposed to just looking at them online. So a lot of people when they think of Facebook they see it as a social network but in recent years the company has been betting big on this idea of the metaverse.
So I still think that the concept
of the metaverse is a little fuzzy to people because a lot of people don't
understand unless they experience themselves what a virtual world looks like. So
at the meta store you can put on a VR headset you can try on a pair of smart
glasses and you can video chat and see for yourself if you actually buy that
this is going to be the next wave of the internet this opening does come at an
interesting time it's happening not long after Facebook's.
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