What was the metaverse?

Mark Zuckerberg effectively declared its death last December. But the delusional fervor it inspired lives on.

Meta slashes metaverse jobs in major pivot. The Facebook parent is going all-in on this

The tech giant has laid off 1,500 people—about 10% of staff—from the Reality Labs division that is home to its metaverse ...
NPR

What happened to VR and the metaverse?

Virtual reality was once promised to be the future of not only video games, but social media. Is that future still possible? NPR's Ailsa Chang talks to Vishal Shah, VP of the Metaverse, to find out.

Meta lays off metaverse employees after $73 billion in losses

The losses come after Meta spent years investing billions of dollars in its metaverse concept (a 3D virtual world where ...
NBC Los Angeles

What's next for Meta's metaverse

In October 2021, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sent his trillion-dollar social media company into a new direction. Facebook changed its name to Meta and Zuckerberg set his sights on a new horizon, the ...

Meta lays off more than 1,000 employees from metaverse division

More than 1,000 Meta employees — the ones who brought you the metaverse — are now looking for work.
CNN

The metaverse is cooked, and Wall Street couldn’t be happier

A version of this story will appear in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. To get it in your inbox, sign up for free here. Shares of the company formerly known as Facebook shot up 7% early Thursday in ...