Facebook to hire 10,000 workers in EU to build ‘the metaverse’

Facebook is hiring workers in the EU to build ‘the metaverse’ (Niall Carson/PA)

Facebook has said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform.

The company said in a blog post on Sunday that the high-skilled workers will help build “the metaverse”, a futuristic notion for connecting people online that encompasses augmented and virtual reality.