FTC Sues Meta kom Tsis txhob Facebook Niam Txiv Los Ntawm 'Yuav Muaj Tag Nrho Metaverse'

Meta txoj kev npaj yuav yuav VR app tsim nyob rau hauv tej zaum yuav raug scuttled, raws li lub tebchaws United States Tsoom Fwv Teb Chaws Trade Commission (FTC) hnub no tau foob lub tuam txhab kom nres qhov tau.

cov Cov tuam txhab niam txiv ntawm Facebook thiab Instagram kuj yog tus neeg ua si loj tshaj plaws hauv qhov chaw virtual (VR) - thiab Meta, raws li lub npe qhia, yog thawb nyuaj mus rau yav tom ntej cotaverse. Qhov tseeb, FTC ntseeg tias Meta qhov kev npaj yuav tau los ntawm Hauv yuav yog lwm txoj hauv kev los tswj nws tag nrho. "Meta yuav yog ib kauj ruam ze dua rau nws lub hom phiaj kawg ntawm kev muaj tag nrho 'metaverse'," cov ntaub ntawv foob.

FTC tau foob rau Meta Platforms hauv US District Court rau Northern District of California los thaiv lub tuam txhab tshaj tawm kev yuav khoom hauv, VR game developer tom qab lub npe nrov Fitness app, Supernatural.

Meta, uas ua rau Quest 2 lub mloog pob ntseg (yav tas los Oculus Quest 2), qhia txog qhov kev npaj yuav khoom Lub Kaum Hli Ntuj tas los nyob rau hauv ib tug deal uas Cov Lus Qhia pegged ntawm ntau tshaj $ 400 lab. Lub tuam txhab tau hais tias nws tau thawb hnub kaw ntawm qhov kev pom zoo rau Lub Yim Hli 1 kom haum rau FTC.

In ntawv tshaj tawm Niaj hnub no, lub koom haum tau liam tias Meta tab tom sim ua kom tsis txhob muaj kev sib tw VR lub cev muaj zog los ntawm kev ywj pheej studios los ntawm kev yuav lub studio tom qab tus thawj app hauv qhov chaw, es tsis yog tsim nws tus kheej cov kev sib tw. Pawg thawj coj tau pov npav 3-2 hauv kev pom zoo ntawm kev foob los thaiv qhov kev pom zoo.

Qhov kev yuav tau yuav "[ua kom] kev tsim kho tshiab yav tom ntej thiab kev sib tw kev sib tw," lub koom haum tau sau, yog li ua txhaum txoj cai tiv thaiv kev ntseeg. FTC kuj tau sau tseg tias Meta twb muaj Beat Games, tus tsim ntawm VR kev ua si nrov Beat Saber, uas yog siv los ntawm qee qhov ua lub zog app. Nws zoo sib xws hais tias muaj ob lub studios yuav cuam tshuam kev sib tw tshiab.

Cov ntaub ntawv FTC nthuav dav dhau ntawm VR tsom mus rau qhov dav dav ntawm lub metaverse, uas Meta tab tom tsim rau-ntau npaum li ntawd. hloov nws lub npe los ntawm Facebook lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg.

Cov metaverse tau pom los ntawm qee qhov kev hloov pauv yav tom ntej ntawm Is Taws Nem uas cov neeg siv yuav cuam tshuam thoob plaws 3D qhov chaw siv avatars. Meta tab tom thawb nyuaj hauv qhov chaw, txawm hais tias nws tseem tsis tau paub meej tias lub tuam txhab yuav siv li cas Web3 technology zoo li NFT cov thiab cryptocurrency, raws li builders nyob rau hauv lub blockchain qhov chaw yog.

Cov neeg tsim muaj npe nrov hauv qhov chaw crypto tau ceeb toom txog Meta cov phiaj xwm los tsim qhov lawv ntseeg tias yuav yog lub vaj hauv nruab nrab ntawm lub vaj, es tsis yog kev sib cuam tshuam metaverse uas nthuav dav ntau lub platform. Yat Siu, tus tsim thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm metaverse investor Animoca Brands, sau npe rau lub tuam txhab "kev hem thawj" rau qhov qhib metaverse hauv kev xam phaj nrog Decrypt lub caij nplooj zeeg kawg.

In ib nqe lus, Meta tsis lees paub Pawg Neeg Saib Xyuas cov lus thov thiab hais tias qhov kev yuav khoom yuav "txhaj peev nyiaj tshiab rau hauv VR qhov chaw qoj ib ce," ntxiv rau nws tsis kam lees tias Supernatural thiab Beat Saber yog cov kev paub zoo sib xws. Lub tuam txhab tsis tau hais tshwj xeeb rau FTC qhov kev liam hais txog nws cov phiaj xwm rau qhov kev hloov pauv.

"FTC rooj plaub yog raws li kev xav thiab kev xav, tsis yog pov thawj," sau Nikhil Shanbhag, Meta VP thiab tus kws tshaj lij tus kws tshaj lij, kev sib tw thiab kev tswj hwm. "Lub tswv yim hais tias qhov kev yuav khoom no yuav ua rau muaj kev tawm tsam kev sib tw hauv qhov chaw muaj zog nrog kev nkag thiab kev loj hlob ntau npaum li hauv online thiab kev sib raug zoo ntawm kev sib raug zoo yog qhov tsis txaus ntseeg."