It comes as Meta aims to refocus its metaverse efforts on mobile platforms, such as smart glasses.

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth calls key all-hands meeting at Reality Labs as the division faces budget cuts, strategic shifts to AI, and layoffs last year.

Meta is preparing to cut about 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — roughly 10% of the unit’s 15,000-person ...

Reality Labs, the business behind Meta’s Meta Quest headsets and Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, has roughly 15,000 employees.

Meta is reportedly set to lay off around 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs unit, even as the company continues to increase investments in artificial intelligence and large data centre ...

Wait, no more virtual sitting in a virtual chair, chatting with virtual people with a VR headset on, for hours? Bummer.

Meta is trimming its metaverse workforce while pouring billions into AI infrastructure, signalling a major shift in the company’s future priorities.

Meta confirmed on Thursday that it had let go of an unspecified number of employees in its VR and hardware unit, Reality Labs. The cuts also affected Meta’s virtual reality fitness app, Supernatural.

Meta plans to cut employees in its Reality Labs division, which includes metaverse products, as the company shifts priorities ...

Managers are urging staff to attend in person, an unusual push for Reality Labs. The meeting follows repeated cuts at Reality Labs as Meta shifts its focus toward AI. Meta's Chief Technology Officer ...