Meta cuts over 1,000 jobs in major metaverse retreat

Meta cuts over 1,000 jobs from its Reality Labs division as the company shifts its focus from metaverse products to wearable ...

Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

More than 1,000 Meta employees — the ones who brought you the metaverse — are now looking for work.

Meta Ditches the Metaverse for Smart Glasses After $70B Reality Labs Loss

Meta is laying off 1,500 Reality Labs employees, shifting focus from the metaverse to AI-powered wearables like the Ray-Ban ...

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, it's next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Meta will also close three VR development studios as part of the cuts: Resident Evil 4 VR developer Armature Studios, ...
NBC New York

The metaverse as we knew it failed, but it's being resurrected for new worlds

While the metaverse is often seen as a joke in 2025 because of low user counts and poor financial performance (take Meta's Reality Labs division and its continued losses, estimated by Statista at $70 ...
Fast Company

An interoperable future for the enterprise metaverse

The Fast Company Executive Board is a private, fee-based network of influential leaders, experts, executives, and entrepreneurs who share their insights with our audience. BY Alex Howland There’s been ...
Gizmodo

Buckle Up, Zuck: AI Coming to WhatsApp, Messenger, and ‘Metaverse’

Zuckerberg said the plan is to add AI image and video tools in Facebook and Instagram and use AI ‘agents’ as talking NPC avatars in metaverse apps. Reading time 3 minutes Meta’s latest quarterly ...