One hundred goal employees are faced with a hard reality. This Thursday, April 24, the Facebook parent company began the dismissal of more than 100 reality Labs employees, the department in charge of developing virtual reality and augmented reality technologies, trusts a source close to the archive in Bloomberg. For its part, Meta confirmed that the dismissals would take place, without specifying the number.
The people in question are particularly part of Oculus Studios, whose mission is to create games and applications for Virtual Reality headphones Goal Quest.
The thorn in the foot of the finish line
The team behind supernatural, the fitness application for the Quest goal, would be particularly affected by this decision. The supernatural company had been bought in 2023 by goal to integrate. In a Facebook post, the team explains that it is “deeply sad […] Loss of members of our incredibly talented team. “
In fact, reality labs represents a financial abyss. This explains that the American company separates from its workforce. The department registered a 2024 in deficit, with 17.7 billion losses for only 2.1 billion billing, according to a financial target report.
In February 2025, a goal already dismissed almost 3,600 jobs throughout the group. Mark Zuckerberg, his boss, wanted to “eliminate small performance more quickly.” However, among these layoffs there were several employees with positive balances.
Source: BFM TV
