Metaverse is a topic tracked in our intelligence system with 5 linked articles.
Lina Khan’s antitrust stance frames Meta's metaverse push as high-risk, citing billions in VR losses and a rumored $400M bid for Within amid FTC scrutiny.
Epic Games and Google struck terms for a new class of apps called 'metaverse browsers', signaling a legal/commercial framework around future app-store ecosystem changes.
Meta reportedly cuts 10% of Reality Labs staff, signaling a cost-reduction move in its VR/metaverse unit.
Meta is cutting about 10% of Reality Labs, closing three VR studios (Twisted Pixel Games, Sanzaru Games, Armature Studio), and halting new content for the Supernatural VR app, signaling a shift away from metaverse ambitions.
Meta cuts ~10% of Reality Labs and shifts investment from Metaverse to wearables, reinvesting savings to grow the wearables business, including Ray-Ban devices.
Meta plans to cut about 10% of Reality Labs’ staff, roughly 1,500 of 15,000, with layoffs focused on metaverse roles as AI initiatives pull resources away from VR.
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