Ulwazi Olujwayelekile Mayelana ne-Meta
I-Meta Platforms, eyayaziwa ngokuthi i-Facebook, Inc., iyinkampani yezobuchwepheshe eyasungulwa ngo-2004 nguMark Zuckerberg, kanye nabalingani bakhe basekolishi kanye nabafundi base-Harvard University. Kuyinkampani yaseMelika ezinze eMenlo Park, eCalifornia.
I-Meta Platforms yaziwa kakhulu ngensizakalo yayo yokuxhumana nabantu, i-Facebook, esiphenduke enye yezinkundla ezidume kakhulu nezinomthelela emhlabeni jikelele. Kusukela manje, i-Facebook inabasebenzisi abasebenzayo abangaphezu kwezigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-2.8, okuyenza ibe inkundla yezokuxhumana enkulu kunazo zonke emhlabeni. Ivumela abasebenzisi ukuthi bakhe iphrofayela, baxhumane nabangane nomndeni, babelane ngokuthunyelwe, izithombe, amavidiyo, futhi bazibandakanye emisebenzini ehlukahlukene efana nokujoyina amaqembu noma imicimbi, ukudlala imidlalo, nokuningi.
Ngokuhamba kweminyaka, i-Meta iye yandisa iphothifoliyo yayo futhi yazuza ezinye izinkundla nezinsizakalo ezimbalwa ezivelele. Ngo-2012, i-Facebook yathola i-Instagram, inkundla edumile yokwabelana ngezithombe namavidiyo. Ngo-2014, ithole i-WhatsApp, uhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo olusetshenziswa kakhulu. Ngo-2019, yathola i-Oculus VR, inkampani esebenza ngemikhiqizo engokoqobo, okuhlanganisa nehedisethi ye-Oculus Rift.
Ngaphandle kwezinsizakalo zokuxhumana nabantu, i-Meta Platforms ibandakanyeka kweminye imizamo ehlukahlukene. Igxile ekuthuthukiseni nasekugcineni uhla lwamathuluzi okuxhumana kwedijithali nezinkundla, okuhlanganisa i-Messenger, Indawo Yomsebenzi, kanye ne-Portal. Isilayezi siwuhlelo lokusebenza lokuthumela imiyalezo oluzimele, kanti Indawo Yokusebenzela yakhelwe ukuxhumana kwebhizinisi nokusebenzisana. Iphothali ingumugqa wamadivayisi wokubonisa ahlakaniphile wokushaya kwevidiyo nokunye ukusebenza.
Umgomo we-Meta uwukuxhumanisa abantu nokwakha imiphakathi emhlabeni wedijithali, okuvumela ukuxhumana okunengqondo, ukwabelana ngolwazi, nokukhuthaza ukuxhumana. Inkampani iye yabhekana nezimpikiswano nezinselelo ezimbalwa, okuhlanganisa nezindaba eziphathelene nobumfihlo, ukuphepha kwedatha, kanye nolwazi olunganembile. Yenze imizamo yokubhekana nalokhu kukhathazeka ngokufaka izinyathelo zokulawula idatha, ithuthukise izici zokuphepha, futhi ilwe nolwazi olunganembile ezinkundleni lwayo.
Ngo-Okthoba 2021, inkampani yamemezela uhlelo lokuqamba kabusha, yashintsha igama layo lisuka ku-Facebook, Inc. kuma-Meta Platforms, ukukhombisa umbono wayo obanzi wokwakha i-metaverse. I-metaverse ibhekwa njengendawo ye-inthanethi egxilile lapho abantu bengahlanganyela futhi bahlole besebenzisa okwangempela okubonakalayo, okungokoqobo okungathandwa kwabathelisi esikubona, nobunye ubuchwepheshe. Njenge-Meta, inkampani ihlose ukushintshela ekugxiliseni kwayo emikhiqizweni yokwakha kanye nobuchwepheshe obuvumela ukudalwa nolwazi lwe-metaverse, okuhlanganisa amadivaysi e-virtual reality, izibuko ze-augmented reality, kanye nobuchwepheshe obuhlukahlukene obuhlobene.
Sengiphetha, i-Meta Platforms, eyake yaba yi-Facebook, Inc., iyinkampani yezobuchwepheshe yaseMelika eyasungulwa ngo-2004. Yaziwa kakhulu ngensizakalo yayo yezokuxhumana, i-Facebook, nokunye okuthengiwe okufana ne-Instagram, WhatsApp, ne-Oculus VR. Le nkampani izinze e-Menlo Park, eCalifornia, futhi inobukhona bomhlaba wonke, isebenzela izigidigidi zabasebenzisi emhlabeni jikelele. Ukwenziwa kabusha kwayo kwakamuva njenge-Meta kukhombisa isifiso sayo sokwakha nokulolonga ikusasa le-metaverse.
