Overview
- Meta confirmed more than 1,000 layoffs in Reality Labs as it reduces investment in VR.
- The company is closing in-house VR game studios Armature, Sanzaru and Twisted Pixel, and putting the Supernatural fitness app into maintenance with no new content.
- AR and wearable initiatives, including Ray‑Ban smart glasses, are largely protected within Reality Labs.
- Meta created a Meta Compute unit to centralize AI infrastructure under Santosh Janardhan with Daniel Gross, and it has recruited Dina Powell McCormick as president and vice chair.
- To power large-scale AI, Meta is expanding data centers and has signed 20‑year deals to buy electricity from three Vistra nuclear plants, while investors weigh guidance of up to $72 billion in 2025 spending after Reality Labs’ heavy losses.