Davos, Switzerland, Jan 18 (EFE).- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has said that artificial intelligence and its cross-platform online space, known as the Metaverse, have \u201cextraordinary potential\u201d in terms of education, the tech giant\u2019s chief product officer said Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Chris Cox said the Metaverse \u201clets people do things that they could not do before\u201d and it has \u201cextraordinary potential in education.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But beyond the Metaverse\u2019s benefits for customers and businesses, Cox said \u201cinteresting work\u201d was starting to be done in areas such as education, training, medicine, and design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAstronauts are starting to use virtual reality in order to train for basically immersive experiences that are hard to study in a textbook,\u201d he said, adding that the company hopes to convince industries and companies at Davos to bid for this project as the \u201cnext platform.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s company has developed apps such as Meta Horizon Worlds, which is free for users and allows them to visit an ever-expanding virtual universe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou could in effect create a metaverse version of almost any manifestation of current curricula,\u201d said Nick Clegg, Meta\u2019s head of global affairs, who also stressed virtual reality\u2019s \u201cextraordinary potential\u201d for education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Thanks to the Metaverse, the former UK deputy prime minister said, children will be able to go for walks \u201caround the streets of Rome\u201d or \u201camongst the dinosaurs.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Developments in the Metaverse have also reached other fields, such as nursing or plumbing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meta recently announced it was laying off around 11,000 workers worldwide, which Clegg insisted would allow the company to focus on developing the Metaverse. EFE
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