Meta began 2026 with a sharp cut of over 1,000 Reality Labs jobs – are Facebook or Instagram affected, or is Apple and Google’s AI wearables competition responsible?

Meta began 2026 with a major workforce reset, cutting over 1,000 jobs from its Reality Labs division. The layoffs, affecting nearly 10% of the unit, started on January 13 and mark the first big Bay ...
Road to VR

Meta Researchers Reveal Compact Ultra-wide Field-of-View VR & MR Headsets

Ahead of an upcoming technical conference, researchers from Meta’s Reality Labs Research group published details on their work toward creating ultra-wide field-of-view VR & MR headsets that use ...

Meta to slash over 1,500 roles this week amid fresh round of layoffs

Meta is planning to slash around 10 per cent work force of its Reality Labs division. The pink slips are expected to be ...
NBC Chicago

Meta's Reality Labs posts $4.53 billion loss in second quarter

Meta's Reality Labs, the unit tasked with building the futuristic metaverse, continues bleeding money. Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. The social media company reported its ...
MediaPost

New Meta Reality Labs Division To Develop AI-Driven Humanoid Robots

After splitting Reality Labs into “Wearables” and “Metaverse” divisionsthis past summer, Meta is further restructuring its virtual reality/augmented reality (VR/AR) hardware department by ...
Entrepreneur

Meta Stock: The Potential and Pitfalls of Its Reality Labs Bet

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) is undoubtedly one of the world’s most important technology companies. Due to its position as one of the Magnificent Seven stocks, it is constantly under a microscope.