By Luc Olinga The metaverse is the future of social media giant Meta Platforms, says the billionaire. And yet… If there’s one thing Mark Zuckerberg’s critics admire about him, it’s that he’s tenacious. For almost a year now the CEO of Meta Platforms (META) – Get Meta Platforms Inc. Report, parent company of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, has been telling the world that the future of his social media empire is being played out in a virtual world in which we will immerse ourselves using reality headsets and other technologies to interact through avatars. This world is called the metaverse. …