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

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 ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. Alex Ossola: Late last month, Meta announced its earnings for the first quarter ...

Meta has announced that its social virtual world, Horizon Worlds, will shift toward a mobile-first experience, loosening its ties to the Quest virtual reality headset line. The decision, confirmed ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta, the entire tech sector looked towards what seemed to be the future of networks, communication, and commerce... until AI arrived. But the metaverse is still ...

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

Shares of Meta Platforms rose up to 4% Thursday following reports the company was scaling back its spending on the metaverse project, a virtual reality experience the company once touted as the future ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about contemporary cybersecurity and online privacy issues. May 22, 2024, 03:17am EDT Man wearing VR glasses virtual ...

MENLO PARK, Calif. -- For those who don't think Zoom meetings are a good enough substitute for the real thing, Facebook has another idea: a virtual reality app that lets you and your coworkers feel ...

Facebook said it plans to hire 10,000 workers in the European Union over the next five years to work on a new computing platform that promises to connect people virtually but could raise concerns ...

Leading off the pack is a company that single-handedly managed to shift the industry’s attention towards today’s hottest buzzword and change its own brand name in the process. Meta has spent years ...