The metaverse is on its last legs as VR is eclipsed by AI. But that's not the only thing that went wrong for Meta's VR ...
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Metaverse on its last legs

Meta, which is to say Facebook, laid off 1,500 or so employees from its Reality Labs division. A vast pool of talent wasted on Mark Zuckerberg's bet on virtual reality, it draws down a project that ...
Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to ...
(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the ...
Company cutting 1,500 Reality Labs jobs as it shifts from metaverse to AI after accumulating $70B in losses since 2020.
Meta plans to cut its budget by up to 30% in its Reality Labs metaverse division. It's considering job cuts as part of that move, leaving employees uncertain. The cuts may impact Horizon Worlds and ...
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on ...
In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg recast Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse—a digital realm where people would work, socialize, and spend much of their lives—the company’s next great frontier. He ...
Shares of Meta Platforms rose up to 4% Thursday following reports the company was scaling back its spending on the metaverse project, a virtual reality experience the company once touted as the future ...
Meta Platforms Inc.’s Mark Zuckerberg is expected to meaningfully cut resources for building the so-called metaverse, an effort that he once framed as the future of the company and the reason for ...