Mark Zuckerberg is creating a future that looks like a worse version of the world we already have. Late last October, Facebook cofounder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a huge announcement: Going forward. That parent company would still encompass the same portfolio of brands that it did before: Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, and Oculus, albeit with a new intent: "to help bring the metaverse to life," he said. It was Zuckerberg sticking a stake in the ground: He believes in the "metaverse" concept so much that he's betting the company on it.