Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-employee Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta's work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
Sources: Meta plans to lay off ~10% of its 15,000-person Reality Labs division, disproportionately affecting those working on VR headsets and Horizon Worlds
The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta's work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.
Meta rolls out a Horizon TV hub for Quest headsets, with apps including Disney+ and ESPN, and partners with Universal and Blumhouse to let users watch 3D movies
here's what we know Rasmus Larsen / FlatpanelsHD : Meta Quest: Disney+ coming soon, Dolby Atmos & new streaming hub Mariella Moon / Engadget : Meta Horizon TV is an entertainment hub for VR headsets C...
Meta upgrades Horizon Worlds with Meta Horizon Studio, which lets creators use AI prompts to make VR worlds, powered by its “built from scratch” Horizon Engine
The Horizon Engine powers ‘better graphics’ for Meta's Horizon Worlds social platform.
Meta announces a $50M creator fund for Horizon Worlds; CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly told staff that 2025 is a make-or-break year for Meta's XR ambitions
they are making a long-term play. rather than put money into supporting VR for adults, productivity, etc. — they're investing in a generation that will have *grown up* with VR X: Wagner James Au / @s...
Interviews with nearly two dozen VR studios on shipping games on Quest, Meta's increased focus on Horizon Worlds, concerns over declining game sales, and more
With concerns about declining sales and discoverability, UploadVR spoke with nearly two dozen VR studios to discuss the state of VR development for Quest. Bluesky: @kentbye.com , @jamesoloughlin , @ja...
Meta is opening up Horizon Worlds to users aged 10 to 12 with parental approval, and rolls out a new age rating system for worlds to help parents supervise kids
With parental approval, children between the ages of 10 and 12 will be able to use Meta's 3D social platform — Meta has a few other protections in place for preteens: — • Voice chat is disabled fo...
Meta opens its VR OS, now called Horizon OS, to third parties, and says Asus and Lenovo plan Horizon OS-compatible headsets; Meta plans an Xbox branded Quest
Apple released the Vision Pro on February 2; 12 days later Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg delivered his verdict: Ben Lang / Road to VR : Oculus Founder Reacts to Horizon OS News: “Hopefully it isn't too lat...
Meta expands Horizon Worlds, previously exclusive to its VR headsets, to the web and Android in early access, and rolling out to iOS “in the coming weeks”
I actually use Horizon Worlds as I have a Meta Quest Pro. It's a ghost town. I'm not kidding, you can use it for an hour and not see anybody - it makes Second Life look like Woodstock. — https://w...
Meta's metaverse VP Vishal Shah on a reboot of Horizon Worlds, starting with a Super Rumble game, a new mobile app, and a transition from VR only to VR first
Who's ready to rumble? … Earlier this week, I was hiding in a tree, dodging bullets, while frantically trying to score some last-second points in a free-for-all brawl.