Meta Fires 10% of VR Workers & Shut Down Studios (AI Takeover)

Meta just fired 10% of Reality Labs VR staff, about 1,500 jobs, and shut down three VR game studios. Stay Woke: https://www.aiupdate.ai With $70B in losses since 2020, Meta is abandoning the Metaverse and going all-in on AI wearables, following explosive demand for Ray-Ban smart glasses. These AI glasses now command 73% of the market and ship 110% more units year-over-year. Zuckerberg’s pivot shows where money and opportunity are headed—AI infrastructure, engineering, and wearable tech. Smart glasses now offer live translation, vision AI, and real-time notes. If you want future income and relevance, AI literacy isn’t optional. Chapters: 00:00 - Intro 01:50 - Meta & AI 03:25 - What's Meta Doing? 08:17 - Meta’s AI Wearables 10:42 - Meta's Ray-Ban Glasses 14:30 - Conclusion & Final Thoughts References: https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/meta-cuts-over-1000-jobs-major-metaverse-retreat https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/29/metas-reality-labs-posts-4point4-billion-loss-in-third-quarter.html https://sherwood.news/tech/meta-delays-international-ray-ban-display-expansion-thanks-to-unprecedented/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-13/meta-begins-jobs-cuts-after-shifting-focus-from-metaverse-to-phones https://www.newscientist.com/article/2295438-why-has-facebook-changed-its-name-to-meta-and-what-is-the-metaverse/ https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-01-13/meta-said-to-discuss-doubling-ray-ban-glasses-output-after-surge-in-demand #ai #artificialintelligence #agi #meta