Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

When Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook to Meta (META) in October 2021, the founder and CEO presented the name change as the next step in the company's evolution as he sought to bring the metaverse to ...

At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact by ...

While many are still around, some have pivoted to other areas. Others have shuttered as revenue remains sparse, funding efforts have fallen flat, or the real world proved more interesting to consumers ...

According to Bloomberg, Meta is cutting 30% of its metaverse budget. Its Reality Labs division is on track to lose close to $20 billion. Layoffs in 2022 helped ignite a boom in the stock. Zuckerberg's ...

Meta lost $77 billion on the metaverse gamble in five years. Zuckerberg is shifting focus from metaverse to AI, cutting up to 30% in Reality Labs. Investors welcomed the shift; experts cite high ...

Bottom line: After burning tens of billions and stubbornly insisting the metaverse would eventually justify the cost, Mark Zuckerberg appears to be backing away from his most ambitious project. Once ...

Meta is dialing back its metaverse ambitions and redirecting resources toward AI-powered glasses and wearable technology, the company told FOX Business on Thursday. The shift follows reports that Meta ...

Meta Platforms META-0.86%decrease; red down pointing triangle is planning cuts to the metaverse, an arena Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg once called the future of the company. The proposed changes ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s dream of the metaverse has rarely looked farther away. The Facebook founder is finalizing significant budget cuts to Meta’s years-long project to create virtual worlds that users can ...