Metaโs Reality Labs team is expected to lose around 10 percent of its staff, with layoffs concentrated on the divisionโs metaverse employees, as reported by The New York Times. The layoffs are apparently a side effect of Metaโs AI ambitions, which are pulling focus away from its virtual reality division.
According to the Times, Metaโs chief technology officer, Andrew Bosworth, called a meeting for Wednesday that he โurged staff to attend in person,โ saying it will be the โmost importantโ meeting of the year. Bosworth oversees the Reality Labs division, which employs about 15,000 people. Unfortunately, layoffs to Metaโs VR team may not come as a surprise โ last month, Bloomberg reported Meta was planning to cut its metaverse budget by 30 percent.
Meta declined to comment.
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