Meta is downsizing its virtual reality division. Meta confirmed to The Verge on Thursday that it had laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its virtual reality and hardware unit, Reality Labs.

Meta CTO Andrew “Boz” Bosworth, who was one of the company’s first 15 engineers, published a memo earlier this year forecasting that 2025 could be the year of greatness for Reality Labs, the company’s ...

The 30% cut in Meta’s budget for this technology can be seen either as a death sentence for the project or as a natural phase within a long-term strategy ...

Meta is recruiting people to record facial expressions and small talk to help build virtual avatars. It's for "Project Warhol," which is run by the data firm Appen, and pays $50 an hour. Meta's ...

Ever since hearing about Microsoft's Mixed Reality Link app that allows Meta Quest VR headsets to connect to a Windows 11 PC, ...

Meta plans to direct its investments to focus on wearables like its augmented reality glasses but does not plan to abandon building the metaverse. By Mike Isaac Reporting from San Francisco. Meta is ...

Meta (META) may be pulling back even further from the metaverse it once bet its future on. Executives are discussing budget cuts of up to 30% at the company's metaverse division in 2026, according to ...

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.