✂️ Meta cuts the metaverse by 30%: what does it really mean
Meta, which not long ago referred to the metaverse as the "future of the company," is now considering a serious reduction in funding for Reality Labs — by up to 30%.
This is the same division responsible for:
• Horizon Worlds
• VR direction Quest
• the metaverse as a product strategy
📌 Important: this is not "the metaverse is dead." This is different.
🔹 The company is reassessing profitability
The metaverse is an expensive direction that takes years to become mainstream.
🔹 The focus is now on AI, not the VR dream
The market rewards not beautiful concepts, but what already has an effect here and now.
🔹 Investors love discipline
Thus the reaction is positive: lower costs → better margins → more predictability.
👉 The main lesson for Web3 and the tech market is simple:
even the largest players can "switch gears" if the strategy does not yield results.
And the metaverse will not disappear.
But it is definitely transitioning from "revolution tomorrow" mode to "maybe someday… if there is demand."
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