Meta informs marketers that mixed reality may be a few years away.

Technology that blends the virtual and physical worlds might become a reality for customers in a few years, according to Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc, who provided further specifics on its vision for the establishment of the metaverse.

A user wearing a mixed reality (MR) headset may use a real-world object to cause a virtual world reaction, such as striking a video game character with a real-world baseball bat.

It’s one of three different sorts of metaverse-related extended reality technology. With smartphone applications like Pokemon Go, augmented reality exists, but players cannot influence the digital environment with a physical object. Virtual reality headsets, such as Meta’s Oculus, immerse users in a totally virtual world, allowing them to interact with it.

According to an agency executive who attended the meeting, Meta made the statements during a Zoom session with ad agencies on Thursday, which was intended to assist marketers better grasp the metaverse. It was Meta’s first roundtable conversation regarding the metaverse with agencies.

The estimate of mixed reality being a few years away adds to the timescale for constructing the metaverse, the future vision of a network of virtual worlds that can be accessed from various devices, which Meta has predicted may take a decade to establish.