Article "Facebook Acquires Startup Developing AI Finger Tracking Armband"
by David Heaney
September 23, 2019
Parent - Meta Platforms, Inc.
Meta Quest
about.meta.com/realitylabs
facebook.com/realitylabs
twitter.com/RealityLabs
Reality Labs on Wikipedia
Director - Yaser Sheikh
Director of Research Development - Chuck Hoover
Chief Scientist - Michael Abrash
Director Research Scientist - Jason Saragih
VP - Sean Keller
Director of Research Science - Robert Wang
Projects:
wristband
Habitat, simulation platform for research in Embodied AI
Infinite Office, virtual office space
Meta Connect, annual conference
Meta Avatars, lifelike virtual avatars
Article "Facebook Developing Virtual Reality Avatars in Pittsburgh"
Facebook’s Pittsburgh office is working to develop 3-D avatars, which would maintain expressions and body language of users to meet face-to-face, virtually, around the world, as the next wave of digital communication. “There’s a can-do attitude among everyone here.”
by Bob Bauder
February 28, 2020
Introduction to Facebook Reality Labs
Sep 16, 2020
At Facebook Reality Labs, we bring together the brightest cross-disciplinary minds in one place to deliver our mission: build tools that help people feel connected, anytime, anywhere. Developers, researchers, engineers and designers all working together to help build a more expansive - and more inclusive - future for all of us.
Facebook presents: The journey to the Metaverse
Streamed live Sept 27, 2021
"Building the Metaverse Responsibly"The word “metaverse” might not yet be popular in the zeitgeist, but many experts predict it is quickly becoming the next big thing. What is the metaverse, who will have access to it, what does it mean for our economy, and how might it be regulated? Join Vice President of Facebook Reality Labs (FRL), Andrew Bosworth and Facebook’s Vice President of Global Affairs, Nick Clegg, as they discuss how the metaverse could reshape our society.
Speakers:
Andrew Bosworth, Vice President, Facebook Reality Labs
Nick Clegg, Vice President of Global Affairs and Communications, Facebook
Peter Rubin, Contributing Editor, Wired
by Andrew Bosworth, VP, Facebook Reality Labs and Nick Clegg, VP, Global Affairs
September 27, 2021
Article "Facebook is spending $50 million to ‘responsibly’ build the metaverse"
It defines the metaverse and calls it the ‘next computing platform’
by Mitchell Clark
September 27, 2021
Article "Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos"
Zuckerberg looking at the future of the metaverse
by Mitchell Clark
October 13, 2021
Article "Facebook is spending at least $10 billion this year on its metaverse division"
And expects to spend more ‘for the next several years’
by Jacob Kastrenakes and Alex Heath
October 25, 2021
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