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Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?

author:Curious tech plus

Not long ago, there was news that Meta had notified the employees of the company's VR and AR equipment reality lab to stop all the current work on the XROS project in November last year, and as soon as the news came out, the technology circle boiled up at once.

Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?
Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?

Here's what XROS is, because Meta wants to create an operating system for its device from scratch, so this task is called XROS at Meta.

Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?

In fact, this news was personally debunked by The Vice President of Meta shortly after its release. In addition to saying that Meta currently attaches great importance to research in this area and also said that it will increase investment in this field in the future, he also said that at present, Meta is growing the team, not shrinking it, and hopes that more people can join the team in the future.

Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?
Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?

In fact, this response may seem like nothing wrong at first glance, but in reality, Meta's vice president did not answer the question of whether the XROS team was disbanded.

Is Facebook's metaverse dream over? Was the XROS team disbanded?