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Meta’s VR bet implodes after $70B loss, costing 1,500 jobs

Meta Platforms cut 1,500 jobs from its Reality Labs division on January 14, 2026, capping a four-year drive that burned ...

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

More than 1,000 Meta employees — the ones who brought you the metaverse — are now looking for work.

Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too

Meta will also no longer sell its headsets and software as a service for businesses, another help page reads: “We are ...

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, its next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Meta chief technology officer Andrew "Boz" Bosworth said early in 2025 that the metaverse could be a "legendary misadventure" ...
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Meta is Deleting ‘Horizon Workrooms’ Next Month as Metaverse Ambitions Cool

Meta announced it’s discontinuing Horizon Workrooms next month, its productivity-focused VR platform, marking another step in ...

Meta Just Absolutely Gutted the Best Part of Quest VR Headsets

That’s because it wasn’t just Reality Labs employees that got cut loose in Meta’s most recent layoff round; it was also some ...
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Meta VR is taking a leaf out of Joker's twisted book, and has killed a Batman Arkham sequel

Batman Arkham Shadow was a critical hit for Meta Quest VR, but the company has cancelled the upcoming sequel. Not even Joker ...

Meta is closing down three VR studios as part of its metaverse cuts

Meta acquired Supernatural developer Within in 2023 (after a fight with the FTC), Twisted Pixel and Armature in 2022, and ...