Meta is planning to lay off employees on Wednesday in the unit of its metaverse-oriented Reality Labs division focused on creating custom silicon, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.
  • fer0n@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You don’t have to attach “metaverse” to everything and anything, I thought we were somewhat past this. It’s ridiculous.

    • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
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      1 year ago

      This the second comment in a week I’ve seen making a nonsensical criticism of a headline (metaverse is the thing the unit works on), and I swear the other was from lemm.ee too. You folks organizing some brigade or something?

      Edit: I was wrong, see fer0n’s response

      • fer0n@lemm.ee
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        1 year ago

        That word has become meaningless, it’s being attached to anything related to multiplayer, 3D, VR, or a hundred other things. It’s a buzzword that doesn’t mean anything anymore. They’re not even sure if it’s already there or if they have yet to create it.

        The unit is called “Facebook Agile Silicon Team” and the division is called “Reality Labs”. They’re working on custom silicon for VR/AR devices (or used to). Afaict that word comes from Reuters and is not being used inside meta in this context.

        • ConstableJelly@beehaw.org
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          1 year ago

          Fair enough. I think it’s a silly line to draw in this particular context, personally, but I jumped the gun on questioning your intentions. Thanks for taking the time.