According to an anonymously-sourced New York Times article, as early as Tuesday Meta will announce that about 10% of the workers in the company’s Reality Labs division are set to lose their jobs—about 1,500 people in a division of about 15,000. Reality Labs was once Oculus, the VR headset company founded by Palmer Luckey, originally […]
Looks Like We Can Finally Kiss the Metaverse Goodbye
The seven people using Meta’s Horizon Worlds just got some potentially harrowing news: major metaverse cuts could be in the pipeline. According to a report from Bloomberg, Meta is expected to slash its Reality Labs budget, shaving off as much as 30%. Those cuts may be imminent, too, arriving as soon as January as Meta […]
Meta Whistleblowers Allege Company Buried Info on Child Safety
Whistleblowers allege Meta has suppressed research on risks for young children involving virtual reality devices and apps, including information about child predators, according to a new report from the Washington Post. The newspaper reports that Congress has received thousands of pages of documents related to Meta’s virtual reality programs, with four researchers coming forward to […]