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 ...

Meta is finally putting hard numbers behind its strategic pivot, cutting jobs in the very division that once embodied its ...

Meta Platforms Inc. is beginning to cut more than 1,000 jobs from the company’s Reality Labs division, part of a plan to ...

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Employees felt shock after 10% Reality Labs cuts were announced this week, and the ripple reaches AR hardware and services.

Meta Platforms has initiated sweeping workforce reductions across its Reality Labs division, cutting more than 1,000 ...

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Neil Stephenson introduced the metaverse as a concept in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, where he depicted it as a digital realm where users, represented by avatars, engage in a simulated reality.

Meta chief technology officer Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said early in 2025 that the metaverse could be a "legendary misadventure" ...

According to McKinsey & Company, the metaverse is the emerging 3-D-enabled digital space that uses virtual reality, augmented reality, and other advanced internet and semiconductor technology to allow ...