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Meta lays off Reality Labs staffers, affecting Oculus Studios teams; sources: 100+ staff are affected, including those involved in Meta's hardware efforts

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  • Gameranx Ryan Parreno on x
    Meta Lays Off Over 100 VR Software & Hardware Developers In Reality Labs
  • @davelee.me Dave Lee on bluesky
    Meta laying off unspecified number of employees in its Reality Labs (Metaverse) division.  Verge reports cuts will hit VR fitness title, Supernatural (which, imo, is the only thing close to a killer app the Quest has) www.theverge.com/meta/655835/ ...
  • @heaney_555 David Heaney on threads
    While awful for the individuals affected, there is some unwarranted sensationalism in some of the reporting around this.  These layoffs represent far less than 1% of Meta Reality Labs, and mainly affect some of the acquired game studios.  This is not “the end of the metaverse”, o…
  • @scobleizer Robert Scoble on x
    This is sad, but expected.  Meta hasn't created enough excitement around its VR/XR headset and the RayBans, that are selling well, don't have a display.  This is why I call what's coming next “the Holodeck.”  Photorealistic.  AI driven.  But first we'll see a lot of competition f…
  • @alexeheath Alex Heath on x
    Confirmed there were just some layoffs in Meta's Reality Labs, including the org working on Quest apps like Supernatural https://www.theverge.com/...
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