Meta, formerly Facebook, has officially launched what it calls Meta Accounts and Meta Horizon Profiles. The worldwide rollout will be gradual, but both “accounts” will be used in place of personal social media account logins (Facebook and Instagram) previously used to log into the company’s virtual reality (VR) system. business.

New and returning users of Meta VR devices will need to sign up for a Meta account to log in and access the metaverse. The company is ditching the old way of logging in after complaints surfaced about privacy concerns regarding the use of personal social media accounts.

However, the company still allows users to use Facebook and Instagram accounts to create a Meta account, the company said. If a person chooses to create…