Mark Zuckerberg says his dream is for ONE BILLION people to spend real money in his Metaverse on fake digital goods despite average gas prices in the real world at $5
The CEO of Facebook made the comments to CNBC's Jim Cramer on Wednesday
Zuckerberg wants to pioneer what he calls the 'creator economy' amid inflation
He said he wants user to 'do creative work that just makes them happy at their job instead of things that they might be doing today because they feel like they need to in order to make money'
The Harvard drop-out intends to use the same 'playbook' that built Facebook and Instagram's empires - scaling monetization after recruiting millions of users
The Metaverse is a set of virtual spaces where people can game, work and communicate with others who aren't in the same physical space as them
Mark Zuckerberg revealed his ambitions on Wednesday to have a billion people join his virtual reality world — the Metaverse — and to create a digital economy consisting of fake goods so users can 'express themselves.'
The CEO of Facebook was speaking to CNBC's Jim Cramer as he attempts to blur the lines between virtual, augmented and actual reality in his futuristic world.
'Our North Star is that by the end of the decade, we hope to basically get to around a billion people in the Metaverse doing hundreds of dollars of commerce each, buying digital goods, digital content, different things to express themselves,' Zuckerberg said.
'So whether that's clothing for their avatar, different digital goods for their virtual home, or things to decorate their virtual conference room. Utilities to be able to be more productive in virtual and augmented reality and across the Metaverse overall,' he added.
At a time when the U.S. economy is facing a period of inflation, and Americans are paying more than $5 per gallon for gasoline, Zuckerberg wants to pioneer what he calls the 'creator economy.'
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