Meta Slashes VR Workforce as Metaverse Ambitions Recede, Bets on AI Wearables
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Meta is laying off about 1,500 Reality Labs employees (roughly 10% of the division) and shuttering three VR game studios as it pivots away from the metaverse toward AI wearables; Horizon Worlds remains but scaled back, while the company’s broader metaverse losses and ongoing AI glasses production questions frame the shift.
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