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At Meta Connect 2022, the company’s annual developer conference for its VR efforts and Oculus hardware platform, the company announced a lot of stuff — but what it communicated more effectively than anything else was just how incredibly thirsty — one might even say desperate — Mark Zuckerberg is for his metaverse bet to pay […]

It’s painful how hellbent Mark Zuckerberg is on convincing us that VR is a thing by Darrell Etherington originally published on TechCrunch

Meta didn’t hold back with their announcements at Meta Connect this year. As Facebook has done every year or so, the company is shaking up their avatar products. This year as Meta focuses more heavily on the metaverse, the company made a big addition to their updated higher-detail avatars: legs. The announcement that the avatars, […]

Meta announces legs by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch

Tech giants and news organisations sparring over news reporting isn’t new. Companies often complain to journalists about getting nuances wrong and usually air their dismay “off the record.” Journalists usually agree to include the rebuttals provided the companies can offer the same assertions on-record. The companies don’t follow through and the conversation typically ends there […]

Meta and news outlet’s spar deepens India’s trust deficit by Manish Singh originally published on TechCrunch

Even the best PLG products don’t propel their own viral popularity forever. All companies eventually face a similar challenge: To keep growing, sales teams must be hired, and a pipeline must be built.

How to go from popular to profitable during a downturn by Ram Iyer originally published on TechCrunch

At Meta Connect 2022, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s latest virtual reality headset, but after years of striving to bring down the cost-of-entry to the VR world, the newly announced Quest Pro appears to be all about pushing technical boundaries. The new device shares the Quest name, but has little in common with the […]

Meta announces the $1,499 Quest Pro by Lucas Matney originally published on TechCrunch

Among Us may have had its heyday two full years ago, but Meta isn’t counting out 2020’s hottest multiplayer whodunnit. Today during its big VR developer event, Meta announced that the indie game will hit the Meta Quest 2 on November 10. Meta first announced Among Us back in April, promising that the game would […]

Among Us is coming to the Meta Quest 2 on November 10 by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

We already know that Meta wants us to go to the office in in virtual reality — but what about The Office? As part of a multi-year partnership with NBCUniversal, NBCUniversal’s streaming app Peacock is coming to the Meta Quest virtual reality headset. “Starting next year, Meta and NBCU will co-create experiences around The Office, […]

Meta partners with NBCUniversal to bring you into “The Office” by Amanda Silberling originally published on TechCrunch