Facebook parent Meta (FB) is banking on the metaverse to save it from plateauing user numbers and competition from the likes of TikTok. But the social media giant blew its first real chance at giving ...

The metaverse is no place for kids, according to a group of more than 70 advocates for children's rights and online privacy. Those concerned are asking Facebook's parent company, Meta, to abandon its ...

In a recent interview with Meta’s current CTO Andrew Bosworth on his “Boz to the Future” podcast, Carmack said that although he’s still quite “bullish” on virtual reality itself, he thinks his ...

Discover how Meta leverages ads on Facebook and Instagram while expanding into the metaverse with VR technologies.

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg recast Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse—a digital realm where people would work, socialize, and spend much of their lives—the company’s next great frontier. He ...

Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It’s now two years since Facebook changed its name to Meta, ushering in a ...

After betting heavily on the metaverse—and spending many billions building it—Meta recently pivoted hard.

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

The Zuckerverse is coming. Just over a week ago, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced, in a long interview with the Verge, that his social network is readying itself to become “a metaverse company.” ...