A great thing about the human mindset is that you can always add to it. This guides us big time in terms of adopting new trends and getting them to produce maximum value. Now, when you are working within such a productive dynamic, you also end up raising your floor rather significantly, so as a result, the stated trends get better and better over time. If we have to back the claim up through an example, we can just look at technology’s case. While technology was a pleasant anomaly from the get-go, it continued making meaningful alterations on a consistent basis, and before we could realize, our entire spectrum was being run by a solitary concept. Nevertheless, that did nothing to pull the brakes on what was now a full-blown revolution. Soon enough, we were witnessing an even more advanced version of technology. With iterations like AI, blockchain, and virtual reality taking over the scene, we were suddenly in a very different environment. However, looking at Meta’s recent decision, we can say that some of our old components might still have an important role to play moving forward.
After campaigning for virtual reality over the last year or so, Meta is now officially launching its first ever brick-and-mortar store. Set to open on 9th May 2022, the store will be located in Meta Burlingame campus, California. Talk about the products, customers can purchase various VR-driven accessories, including the Quest 2 headset and Portal video chat devices. Meta will also offer its Ray-Ban Stories glasses but just for trying purposes, as you can still only buy them online. Beyond the device like, let’s say, Quest 2, the customers will have a chance to test out different games too. From what we know so far, the games’ line-up is as follows: rhythm game Beat Saber, VR fitness title Supernatural, GOLF+, Real VR Fishing, and more. Meta’s interest in the retail market was revealed when a New York Times report detailed some specs of a Meta store, which was already under progress at that time.. Since then, the company has earmarked over $10 billion to build a metaverse, and this physical store adds yet another intriguing wrinkle to the whole plan.
“Ultimately, our goal with the Meta Store is to show people what’s possible with our products today, while giving a glimpse into the future as the metaverse comes to life — and hopefully demystifying that concept a bit in the process,” the company said.