Meta abandoning VR is 'obviously false,' according to Oculus founder, but Meta's own actions scream the opposite

With Meta laying off a large portion of its VR department in favor of smart glasses, Oculus founder Palmer Luckey believes ...
Road to VR

Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user experience”

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth offered the first bit of insight into the company’s recent Reality Labs shakeup, publicly ...

‘We’re going to let VR be what it is’ — Meta finally explains its layoffs, as it outlines a new vision for the metaverse that feels awfully familiar

Meta Reality Labs’ CTO Andrew Bosworth has spoken publicly about the recent major VR layoffs at the company, and it really ...

Meta to stop selling Quest headsets to businesses, discontinue multiple VR features

The first VR service that Meta will shut down is called Horizon Workrooms. Introduced in 2021, it provides a virtual ...
Computing

Meta steps away from metaverse after VR struggles

Meta is pulling back from its once-central virtual reality ambitions, as mounting losses and weakening demand force the ...
Rappler

Meta’s Reality Labs layoffs show the harsh pivot from virtual reality to AI

As virtual reality app developers worry about the 'winter of VR,' the tech world moves on in its dizzying pivot to artificial intelligence technologies ...

Palmer Luckey says Meta's VR layoffs aren't a 'disaster' — and fix a problem critics aren't talking about

Oculus founder Palmer Luckey said Meta's VR cuts targeted subsidized game studios that were crowding out developers and ...

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

A big shakeup at Reality Labs.

Apple Picks Gemini For Siri, More Meta VR Cuts, Higgsfield AI Snares $130 Million, Xreal Grabs $100 Million

Apple selects Google’s Gemini for Siri as Meta cuts Reality Labs, Higgsfield raises $130 million and Xreal secures $100 ...
PC World

Meta Quest 3S VR headset gets an ‘Xbox Edition’ in black and green

Sooooooo virtual reality gaming isn’t exactly lighting the world on fire lately, huh? Despite pushing its augmented reality glasses hard, Facebook-Meta’s Quest 3 series isn’t getting a lot of press, ...
Bleeding Cool

Golden Gloves VR Has Launched Onto Meta Quest

Those looking for a different kind of boxing experience in VR have a new option today as Golden Gloves VR arrives on Meta ...