Meta Expands Horizon Worlds to include Spain and France
The
social media company, Meta, has expanded the services of its flagship metaverse
app, Horizon Worlds, to Spain and France. This move is part of the expansion
plan of Meta to offer services to more countries in Europe this year. While the
app was available as an invite-only service in 2020, it extended its services
to the general public in December 2021 in the U.S. and Canadian markets.
Horizon Worlds is now available in Spain and France
The
social media company, Meta, is expanding its metaverse services to Europe. The
company has recently announced the launch of one of its main metaverse apps,
Horizon Worlds, in Spain and France. The company announced that all citizens
over 18 years old in these countries will have the opportunity to enjoy the
service using one of the VR headsets sold by the company.
Horizon
Worlds allow users to roam through worlds created by other players and
experiences developed by the companies while being represented by a
configurable avatar. The launches in the two countries are part of a move to
launch Horizon Worlds in more European countries before 2023.
The
app has been available to users as an invite-only closed beta since 2020. Last
December, it launched app services in the United States and Canada, and this
year, it expanded its platform to customers in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and
Iceland.
Spain-Focused Plans
Spain
is a country that is especially important for the company as it has decided to
invest more than a billion dollars to build a giant data center in the region
of Talavera de la Reina. Javier Olivan, VP, cross-Meta products and
infrastructure, declared:
"Spain
is at the forefront of European technology. The country benefits from having
two strong tech hubs in Barcelona and Madrid. As our company prepares to help
build the metaverse, we’re placing Spain at the heart of our plans."
The
Meta Workers’ Hub is also slated to be built in Madrid. The other project of
significance is the Metaverse Lab, which the company is building in partnership
with Telefonica to entice companies to produce metaverse-based products.
However,
the Spanish government has also requested Meta to respect the national laws of
the land in handling the user data collected by the company in its apps. The
media reported that Pedro Sánchez, President of Spain, said that the data of
the Spanish people would have to stay in Spain and be processed according to
local laws.
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