from traditional social apps like Facebook to virtual “metaverse” environments. The company says it’s planning to extend Meta account service to “other Meta devices” in the future, possibly referring to something like Portal videophones.Practically speaking, however, a lot of Facebook account requirements seem present in Meta accounts as well.
about the change says your Meta account is “not a social profile,” but it says you’ll need to create a Meta Horizon profile, whichThere are three privacy options for who can see your Horizon account activity — “open to everyone,” “friends and family,” and “solo” — and you can set your account to “private,” which will let you approve people who follow you.
But one significant difference is that you can create multiple Meta accounts, each with a separate Horizon profile — a contrast with Facebook’s “one public identity” rule. Meta implies this is a way to maintain multiple personas, like a buttoned-down business profile and one for gaming with friends. These accounts can share apps on the same device using Meta’s App Sharing feature, and you can optionally link them to a Facebook and Instagram account to enable some social features.
over a temporary Facebook suspension, something that’s fairly easy to be hit with on that massive platform — although Meta has long reserved the right to ban people like spammers across multiple platforms at once. Meta’s model is still more locked-down than several competing VR headsets that don’t require an account to set them up. But it’s potentially less annoying for people who specifically don’t want to deal with Facebook — while giving Meta another chance to move beyond its old name.Subscribe to get the best Verge-approved tech deals of the week.Please confirm your subscription to Verge Deals via the verification email we just sent you.
About time they stopped us signing in.
How can Meta authenticate their logo, logodesign and others such as XTRF uses similar logo?
…and will instead require a meta account. Aka, it still requires a Facebook account 🙄