Meta would introduce people to shared virtual worlds and experiences across different software and hardware platforms
New signage for Meta, the parent company of Facebook, in Menlo Park, Calif. on Nov. 4, 2021. Shifting a 68,000-person social networking company toward the theoretical metaverse has caused internal disruption and uncertainty at Meta. (Jim Wilson/The New York Times)
The Instagram engineer had already packed his bags for a December vacation when his boss pulled him into a virtual meeting to talk about job goals for 2022.
Their conversation soon took an unexpected turn. Forget the goals, his boss told him. To succeed at Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, his boss said, he should instead apply to a new position in the burgeoning augmented reality and virtual reality teams. That’s where the company needed people, he said.
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