The Metaverse: Zuck's Last Stand

You might have heard Mark Zuckerberg talk about the Metaverse. He even changed Facebook's name to Meta - but what ARE his plans? And more importantly, what could they mean for you? Patreon ►   / christophertom   Twitter ►   / drchris_phd   Instagram ►   / christopher.tom   One-time donations via PayPal ► https://www.paypal.me/ChristopherTomTV 0:00 Intro 2:03 [Chris' Problem] 3:52 W̷̝̒e̴̞͠l̴̺͆c̷̪̊o̴̫͝m̶͍̌e̴͠ͅ ̵̹͛t̷̰́o̷̖̎ ̸͈̅t̸̹͐h̸̞̀ë̵͇ ̶̮͠M̷͎̋e̵͇̋t̶͠ͅa̶̗͘v̶̦̈́e̸͈͒r̷͙̍ŝ̷̙e̷̙̽ 4:42 What are Meta's plans? 10:57 The most surreal part of all this 14:12 Ț̷̓h̵̫̋e̶̼̽ ̴͓̽P̶̣̃o̷̹͝t̵͔̉ë̸̖n̸̨͝t̷͕͆i̵͉̓ä̵̼́l̴͓̀ ̶̉͜o̵͙͠f̸̯͆ ̷̮́t̵̼͝ḩ̵́e̶͍͌ ̸̱̉M̴̜̐e̷͖̿t̶͚͗a̷͔̾v̷͎̀ë̷͚r̴͔̆s̶͇̎ẻ̶͜ 15:08 [Hijinks] 17:46 Metaverse Concerns 20:17 [Lesson Learned] 21:25 How possible is all of this? Jack Payne: Co-writer, Additional Art, Creative Consultant, Additional Animation, Thumbnail Concept ‪@zeepsterd‬ as Dr. Zeep ►    / zeepsterd   Landy as Bartender ►    / landyrshambles   lmorones as the Dork asking out a girl ► https://www.fiverr.com/lmorones Tiny Mike as Lion Furry Guy ► https://www.fiverr.com/tinymike Additional art by Tydin:   / tydins_art   Additional art by Larry: https://larreth.newgrounds.com/ Syed Sajjad Shah: Image editing https://www.fiverr.com/syedsajjadshah Umer Saqib: Audio editing https://www.fiverr.com/umersaqib12 Nis: Additional writing https://www.fiverr.com/dumplingswriter Thank you to the groovin' Mark Silver, I used 6 of his songs for this. The man makes good music, check it out: https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/ https://gitfunky.bandcamp.com/ Also, thank you to the talented artists at Newgrounds who upload their music under Creative Commons. I would also like to thank all the test screeners, and anybody else who has helped me make this video in any way. BACKGROUND MUSIC: Purple Noon (2012) by Bertn1991 https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... Open Eye Visuals by wintermoon https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/ope... Unconsciousness by Jusu-Tengu https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... Self-Projection by Jusu-Tengu https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... A Ghostly Tavern for Ghoulish Drinks by Git Funky! https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/a-g... Sleeping on a Zen Koan Cloud by Git Funky! https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/sle... CASINO by Pan01 https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... Neanderthals | 2021 by Bertn1991 https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... You Broke The Cartridge by wintermoon https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/you... jacob's ladder by 革新 https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/jac...    • Psychedelic Drive Compilation Free Stock F...   The Illusion of Solitude | 2022 by Bertn1991 https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... i just need time by korewakosu https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... Greedy Gamble by Casper https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list... Moroder, My Friend by Git Funky! https://xpaint.bandcamp.com/track/mor... SOURCES: https://s21.q4cdn.com/399680738/files... https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/20712... https://www.businessinsider.com/meta-... https://fortune.com/2021/10/29/mark-z... https://www.patentlyapple.com/2021/08... https://www.meta.com/legal/quest/priv... https://www.theverge.com/2021/11/12/2... https://theharrispoll.com/briefs/futu... https://beincrypto.com/the-zuck-77-of... https://www.fool.com/investing/2021/0... https://www.matthewball.vc/all/comput... https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/... https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/... STOCK FOOTAGE CREDITS (partial):    • City Drone Free Stock Footage - Royalty Fr...   Green screen portal by MultiVerse Studio:    • Circular Portal Effect 💯      • Our Galaxy | Into Space | Nebula | Blackho...   by Free HD videos - no copyright    • VHS glitch lines of the screen   black scr...   https://vimeo.com/584215063    • 4K Space/Star scene - Free M.G Stock Footage