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Ultimately, Zuckerberg sees the metaverse as a hybrid of existing social platforms we have today — with the difference being the environment.</b></p>\n<p>The Verge highlights some concerns with Facebook tackling the metaverse market given its pressure from some to break the company up and calls for the social media company to censor certain posts.</p>\n<p>Having a virtual space would be harder to govern and moderate as it is still in the early phases.</p>\n<p><b>Metaverse ETF:</b>Earlier this year, Roundhill Investments launched the <b>Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF</b> . The ETF highlights the potential of the companies seeking to transform the metaverse sector.</p>\n<p>“This is probably the biggest endorsement of the metaverse to date, as Facebook is the sixth largest public company globally with a market cap of $1.1 trillion,” Roundhill Investments Vice President <b>Mario Stefanidis</b> told Benzinga.</p>\n<p>Stefanidis said the announcement shows Facebook’s commitment to growing beyond a social media platform.</p>\n<p>“Zuckerberg’s commitment of significant resources to the metaverse validates and legitimizes the attention it has gotten recently and squashes any notion that the concept is a passing fad.”</p>\n<p>Stefanidis credits Ball, who is a member of the META ETF, for helping create an index that selects companies that are best tackling the metaverse using seven categories.</p>\n<p>Ball was mentioned specifically by Zuckerberg when discussing the metaverse.</p>\n<p>METAholds50 companies in the ETF, with quarterly rebalances set to take place. 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The term represents a meeting of the physical world with augmented and virtual reality.\nCompanies like Roblox Corp, Fortnite and Animal Crossing from Nintendo Co(Pink:NTDOY) have been mentioned as metaverse companies connecting users to a digital world.\nVenture capitalist Matthew Ball published anessay in 2020 highlighting the key characteristics of this new segment.\nFacebook VP of VR and AR Andrew Bosworth said recently Facebook was already connecting to the metaverse with the Facebook Reality Labs division.\nFacebook’s Role:Facebook can transport a person into a room with another person using virtual worlds.\n“But to achieve our full vision of the metaverse, we also need to build the connective tissue between these spaces, so you can remove the limitations of physics and move between them with the same ease as moving from one room in your home to the next,” Bosworth said.\nZuckerberg said that no single company will run the metaverse with many companies competing in an “embodied internet.”\n“Our overarching goal across all of these initiatives is to help bring the metaverse to life,” Zuckerberg toldThe Verge.\nA metaverse could be large for creators and artists and individuals who want to work and live far from urban centers.\nOculus, a virtual reality company acquired by Facebook, could be one of the growing companies helping consumers connect to the metaverse.\nZuckerberg called the Quest 2 from Oculus a hit and said he's surprised with the way people are using it.\n“It’s [the metaverse] going to be accessible across all of our different computing platforms; VR and AR, but also PC and also mobile devices and game consoles.”\nZuckerberg thinks that many focus on the gaming side of things for the metaverse and highlights the growing entertainment sector of the market. Ultimately, Zuckerberg sees the metaverse as a hybrid of existing social platforms we have today — with the difference being the environment.\nThe Verge highlights some concerns with Facebook tackling the metaverse market given its pressure from some to break the company up and calls for the social media company to censor certain posts.\nHaving a virtual space would be harder to govern and moderate as it is still in the early phases.\nMetaverse ETF:Earlier this year, Roundhill Investments launched the Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF . The ETF highlights the potential of the companies seeking to transform the metaverse sector.\n“This is probably the biggest endorsement of the metaverse to date, as Facebook is the sixth largest public company globally with a market cap of $1.1 trillion,” Roundhill Investments Vice President Mario Stefanidis told Benzinga.\nStefanidis said the announcement shows Facebook’s commitment to growing beyond a social media platform.\n“Zuckerberg’s commitment of significant resources to the metaverse validates and legitimizes the attention it has gotten recently and squashes any notion that the concept is a passing fad.”\nStefanidis credits Ball, who is a member of the META ETF, for helping create an index that selects companies that are best tackling the metaverse using seven categories.\nBall was mentioned specifically by Zuckerberg when discussing the metaverse.\nMETAholds50 companies in the ETF, with quarterly rebalances set to take place. 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