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(Reuters) -
The US company Facebook unveiled on Monday its plan to hire 10,000 people in the European Union over the next five years.
His goal is to advance the development of what he calls the metaverse, an incipient online world in which people live and communicate in shared virtual spaces.
This is an important step by the company towards this concept, something that its chief executive officer, Mark Zuckerberg, has touted in recent months.
In September, Facebook pledged $ 50 million to build the "metaverse."
The initiative received the support of companies such as Roblox Corp and Epic Games, maker of the video game "Fortnite".
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Previously, the company launched a trial version of a new virtual reality remote work application, in which users of its Oculus Quest 2 headsets could hold meetings with avatars of themselves.
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Facebook also said in July that it was creating a product team to work on the "etaverse that would be part of Facebook Reality Labs, its augmented reality and virtual reality division.
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"This investment (in new jobs) is a vote of confidence in the strength of the European tech sector and in the potential of European tech talent," the company said.
"Europe is hugely important to Facebook," he added.