Meta Lays Off an Unspecified Number of Virtual Reality Division Employees: ‘Deeply Saddened’

Meta is downsizing its virtual reality division.

Meta confirmed to The Verge on Thursday that it had laid off an undisclosed number of employees in its virtual reality and hardware unit, Reality Labs. The layoffs impacted teams working on games for Meta’s Quest virtual reality headsets and the division that built the popular virtual reality fitness app Supernatural.

A note on the official Supernatural community Facebook group of more than 112,000 members confirmed the layoffs.

“We’re deeply saddened to share that [organizational] changes have resulted in the loss of some of our incredibly talented team members,” the post,

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