After changing its name and going all-in on virtual reality, Meta is scaling back its metaverse operations. But that could be ...

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 ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel ...

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

The job cuts come as the social media giant doubles down on AI and grapples with a big bet on the metaverse that didn’t pan out. The first Big Tech layoffs of 2026 have happened. This week, Facebook ...

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us ...

So I was recently hanging out on a packed floor at a video game conference here in Los Angeles, when I entered this totally alternate reality. I'm surrounded by blackness but also huge company logos ...

Facebook-turned-Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg may impressed some of us with his latest demo of far more lifelike metaverse avatars last week. But a peek behind the scenes paints a far more troubling ...

Just over four years after Facebook changed its name to Meta, the company is scaling back its virtual reality ambitions. Meta is cutting about 10% of staff who focus on metaverse-related VR projects ...

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 ...

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