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Meta Warns of Worsening AI Losses After Sales Narrowly Beat
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will ramp up heavy investments in AI and other futuristic technologies. The Meta executive has warned investors that the firm will continue to spend significantly on infrastructure and other projects like the metaverse and AI-powered glasses.
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How Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Phone Cameras into Gateways to the Metaverse: Explained
In a recent demo of Hyperscape, Zuckerberg described it as “pretty wild.” He explained, "We're working to bring photorealistic avatars and environments into the metaverse. This is Hyperscape. With your phone, you can scan a room and recreate it in the metaverse."
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Gamble Pays Off With $201 Billion Fortune
Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms Inc. share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost sixfold in less than two years to $201 billion (roughly Rs. 16,86,617 crore), the first time he’s exceeded the $200 billion mark (roughly Rs. 16,78,226 crore), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s moved to fourth place on the list...
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Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs
Meta is looking to hire employees to expand its foray in the generative AI space, as part of its metaverse team. As per a new job listing, could integrate GenAI with its metaverse-related efforts, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) elements – that together make for components of the metaverse
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Privacy, Wearables, and Building a Secure Web3 Ecosystem: Interview With Mai Labs
Mai Labs recently launched Mayaaverse, a metaverse platform that aims to set itself apart from Meta’s Reality Labs initiative. Gadgets360 spoke with Ashish Minocha, the Chief Business Officer as well as Khoushik Ananth, the Chief Technology Officer of Mai Labs to discuss the potential of the Web3 sector and metaverse platforms.
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Meta Records 16 Percent Uptick in 2023 Annual Revenue, Metaverse Unit Still Under Loss
Meta managed to reel-in $134.9 billion in the year of 2023. On a yearly basis, Meta’s revenue spiked by 16 percent. It is, however, interesting that Meta’s Reality Labs unit has only seen losses since 2021.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies
On September 28, Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman, but the venue of this interaction was the metaverse. In photorealistic Meta avatars, the two engaged in conversation about how Zuckerberg envisioned the future of virtual reality and the metaverse.
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Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web
Meta is looking to expand experience of the metaverse to more people. Its 3D avatar-based metaverse platform called Horizon Worlds will now be accessible via smartphones and desktops. For now, Horizon World’s rollout to smartphones and desktop is gradual.
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Mark Zuckerbergs Metaverse Lost $21 Billion On Reality Labs In Roughly 18 Months
Reality Labs, the creation of Mark Zuckerberg, appears to be suffering some serious difficulties with a large loss of $21 billion in a very brief period of 18 months.
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Meta’s Reality Labs Continues to See Losses Despite Company Boasting 11 Percent YoY Spike in Revenue
Meta’s revenue climbed to $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,62,377 crore) in the second quarter of 2023. The social networking giant did not disclose exactly how much its metaverse-related unit Reality Labs lose this quarter. It did however say, that its Reality Labs division could see more dips.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Off Apple Vision Pro, Says Meta Quest Headsets Are 'Accessible and Affordable'
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday told employees that while Apple's mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision of the future, according to US media reports. Zuckerberg's comments came during the first all-hands gathering at its Silicon Valley campus since the pandemic, and just days after Apple unveiled Vision Pro mixed reality heads...
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Facebook Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Just Four Months After First Round of Job Cuts
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, just four months after it let go 11,000 employees, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs. "We expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven’t yet hired," Chief Executive Of...
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Meta Quest Pro, Quest 2 Get Price Cut in Select Regions as Company Faces Drop in Revenue at Reality Labs Unit
Meta Platforms cut the prices of its virtual reality headsets in hopes of stirring demand for its VR hardware, as its bold bets on the metaverse have struggled to make a big splash. Its flagship Meta Quest Pro will retail for $999 (nearly Rs. 81,700), down from its launch price of $1,499 (nearly Rs. 1,22,500 crore), and Quest 2 256 GB version for ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Keeps Metaverse Bet Big Despite Losing $13.7 Billion in 2022
Meta’s metaverse unit recorded its largest quarterly loss that amounted to $4.3 billion (roughly Rs. 35,222 crore) between September and December 2022. Despite the losses, Mark Zuckerberg is headstrong about his strategy for Meta’s Reality Labs unit.
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Meta Focusing Only 20 Percent of Resources on Developing Hardware, Software for Metaverse: Zuckerberg
At present, only 20 percent of Meta’s functional focus is on developing the hardware and software to support the metaverse ecosystem, Zuckerberg noted in a recent speech. Zuckerberg was speaking virtually at the New York Times DealBook Summit when he noted that his company needs to work more efficiently in order to finetune the metaverse tech on ...
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Meta Warns of Worsening AI Losses After Sales Narrowly Beat
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the company will ramp up heavy investments in AI and other futuristic technologies. The Meta executive has warned investors that the firm will continue to spend significantly on infrastructure and other projects like the metaverse and AI-powered glasses.
-
How Meta's Hyperscape Transforms Phone Cameras into Gateways to the Metaverse: Explained
In a recent demo of Hyperscape, Zuckerberg described it as “pretty wild.” He explained, "We're working to bring photorealistic avatars and environments into the metaverse. This is Hyperscape. With your phone, you can scan a room and recreate it in the metaverse."
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse Gamble Pays Off With $201 Billion Fortune
Buoyed by a record-high Meta Platforms Inc. share price, Zuckerberg’s net worth has climbed almost sixfold in less than two years to $201 billion (roughly Rs. 16,86,617 crore), the first time he’s exceeded the $200 billion mark (roughly Rs. 16,78,226 crore), according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. He’s moved to fourth place on the list...
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Meta Looking to Hire Generative AI-Focused Workers on Metaverse Team After Layoffs
Meta is looking to hire employees to expand its foray in the generative AI space, as part of its metaverse team. As per a new job listing, could integrate GenAI with its metaverse-related efforts, including virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR), and mixed reality (MR) elements – that together make for components of the metaverse
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Privacy, Wearables, and Building a Secure Web3 Ecosystem: Interview With Mai Labs
Mai Labs recently launched Mayaaverse, a metaverse platform that aims to set itself apart from Meta’s Reality Labs initiative. Gadgets360 spoke with Ashish Minocha, the Chief Business Officer as well as Khoushik Ananth, the Chief Technology Officer of Mai Labs to discuss the potential of the Web3 sector and metaverse platforms.
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Meta Records 16 Percent Uptick in 2023 Annual Revenue, Metaverse Unit Still Under Loss
Meta managed to reel-in $134.9 billion in the year of 2023. On a yearly basis, Meta’s revenue spiked by 16 percent. It is, however, interesting that Meta’s Reality Labs unit has only seen losses since 2021.
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Podcast Interview as Photorealistic Meta Avatar Tickles People’s Metaverse Fancies
On September 28, Mark Zuckerberg appeared for a podcast interview with YouTuber and AI researcher Lex Fridman, but the venue of this interaction was the metaverse. In photorealistic Meta avatars, the two engaged in conversation about how Zuckerberg envisioned the future of virtual reality and the metaverse.
-
Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web
Meta is looking to expand experience of the metaverse to more people. Its 3D avatar-based metaverse platform called Horizon Worlds will now be accessible via smartphones and desktops. For now, Horizon World’s rollout to smartphones and desktop is gradual.
-
Mark Zuckerbergs Metaverse Lost $21 Billion On Reality Labs In Roughly 18 Months
Reality Labs, the creation of Mark Zuckerberg, appears to be suffering some serious difficulties with a large loss of $21 billion in a very brief period of 18 months.
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Meta’s Reality Labs Continues to See Losses Despite Company Boasting 11 Percent YoY Spike in Revenue
Meta’s revenue climbed to $32 billion (roughly Rs. 2,62,377 crore) in the second quarter of 2023. The social networking giant did not disclose exactly how much its metaverse-related unit Reality Labs lose this quarter. It did however say, that its Reality Labs division could see more dips.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg Shakes Off Apple Vision Pro, Says Meta Quest Headsets Are 'Accessible and Affordable'
Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday told employees that while Apple's mixed reality gear may be nice, it is not his vision of the future, according to US media reports. Zuckerberg's comments came during the first all-hands gathering at its Silicon Valley campus since the pandemic, and just days after Apple unveiled Vision Pro mixed reality heads...
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Facebook Parent Meta to Lay Off 10,000 Employees Just Four Months After First Round of Job Cuts
Facebook-parent Meta Platforms said on Tuesday it would cut 10,000 jobs, just four months after it let go 11,000 employees, the first Big Tech company to announce a second round of mass layoffs. "We expect to reduce our team size by around 10,000 people and to close around 5,000 additional open roles that we haven’t yet hired," Chief Executive Of...
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Meta Quest Pro, Quest 2 Get Price Cut in Select Regions as Company Faces Drop in Revenue at Reality Labs Unit
Meta Platforms cut the prices of its virtual reality headsets in hopes of stirring demand for its VR hardware, as its bold bets on the metaverse have struggled to make a big splash. Its flagship Meta Quest Pro will retail for $999 (nearly Rs. 81,700), down from its launch price of $1,499 (nearly Rs. 1,22,500 crore), and Quest 2 256 GB version for ...
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Mark Zuckerberg Keeps Metaverse Bet Big Despite Losing $13.7 Billion in 2022
Meta’s metaverse unit recorded its largest quarterly loss that amounted to $4.3 billion (roughly Rs. 35,222 crore) between September and December 2022. Despite the losses, Mark Zuckerberg is headstrong about his strategy for Meta’s Reality Labs unit.
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Meta Focusing Only 20 Percent of Resources on Developing Hardware, Software for Metaverse: Zuckerberg
At present, only 20 percent of Meta’s functional focus is on developing the hardware and software to support the metaverse ecosystem, Zuckerberg noted in a recent speech. Zuckerberg was speaking virtually at the New York Times DealBook Summit when he noted that his company needs to work more efficiently in order to finetune the metaverse tech on ...
