As the old adage goes, “hardware is hard.” Doubly so in the metaverse.
The company Meta (née Facebook) has slowed its pursuit of AR glasses. The headset, which Meta had aimed for release in 2024, was likely years away from actual development. Now, those plans seem to be on indefinite hold. That report comes a few weeks after Meta admitted it burned through more than $10 billion on its metaverse efforts.
It’s not the only hardware to go on Meta’s back burner. Portal—the controversial videoconferencing device with an object-sensing camera that follows your movements—is also going into limited production. Meta now will stop producing Portals at the consumer level and aim the product at business users instead. The company has also reportedly stopped developing a smartwatch with cameras that had been in the works for a couple years. But hey, the guy who came up with the metaverse…
