Meta Platforms, Inc., online social networking service, Menlo Park, California, USA

former Facebook, Inc.

Website - meta.com

youtube.com/meta

facebook.com/Meta

twitter.com/Meta

linkedin.com/company/meta

linkedin.com/company/facebook

instagram.com/meta

Meta Platforms, Inc. on Wikipedia

Facebook on Wikipedia

Divisions and Subsidiaries:

Meta Quest

Reality Labs

Novi Financial, Inc.

Co-founder, CEO anf Chairman - Mark Elliot Zuckerberg

Co-founder - Eduardo Saverin

Co-founder - Dustin Moskovitz

CTO - Andrew Bosworth

COO - Javier Olivan

VP and Chief AI scientist - Yann LeCun

President, Global Affairs - Nick Clegg

VP, Augmented Reality - Alex Himel

Projects and products:

Meta AI, assistant

AI projects

Meta Ads Manager

SeamlessM4T, multimodal AI model for speech and text translations

Code Llama, code-generating AI model

LLaMA (Large Language Model Meta AI)

Meta Quest Pro, mixed reality (MR) headset

Meta Quest 3, virtual reality headset

Meta Quest 2, stand-alone VR Headset

BlenderBot, AI chatbot

Emu Video, text-to-ideo generation

Make-A-Video, AI system that generates videos from text

Make-A-Scene, digital painting

Meta Store

Project CAIRaoke, conversational AI

Meta Avatars, lifelike virtual avatars

Ray-Ban, smart glasses

Droidlet, open-sources robotics development platform

Habitat, simulation platform for research in Embodied AI

wristband

Instagram, photo and video sharing social networking service

Deepfake Detection Challenge

WhatsApp Messenger, instant messaging service

Blender, open-domain chatbot

Messenger Rooms, virtual hangouts

ReAgent, applied reinforcement learning platform

Metaverse

Meta Horizon Worlds, VR world

Map With AI service

PyRobot, open source robotics research platform

Diem, cryptocurrency

Portal, smart display

Gameroom, Windows desktop gaming platform

HACS (Human Action Clips and Segments), video dataset

Intel Nervana NNP (Neural Network Processor)

Open Neural Network Exchange (ONNX), format for deep learning models

ParlAI, software platform for dialog research

Spaces, social VR platform

Spark AR Studio, augmented reality developer platform

Masks, augmented reality selfie

DeepText, deep learning-based text understanding engine

Surround 360, open source VR camera

Messenger Platform for Messenger, bot framework

Facebook F8, annual gathering of developer community

Meta Connect, annual conference

M, personal digital assistant

Aquila, solar-powered unmanned plane

Facebook Messenger, instant messaging service

DeepFace, deep learning facial recognition system

Bombyx, wrapping power lines with fiber cablef

Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion

Published on Mar 25, 2014

Facebook to acquire Oculus VR for $2 billion... and 'Minecraft' creator Notch cancels the Oculus Rift version as a result. Crazy day!

Article "Facebook buying Oculus VR for $2 billion"

Article "'Minecraft' creator cancels Oculus Rift version following Facebook acquisition"

Article "Virtual reality made me believe I was someone else"

Article "Oculus investor says Facebook purchase is like 'Google buying Android in 2005'"

Oculus & Facebook - What Will Happen to the Future of VR?

Published on Mar 29, 2014

We all know that Facebook bought out Oculus, and thereby, Oculus Rift- changing the future of VR headsets for years to come! But is it a good or bad change? Many on the internet were unhappy about the buyout, including Notch, but Oculus leadership has said that their missions won't be compromised. If the major buyout awful? Or incredible? Kim Horcher, Tim Frisch, and Kristen Nedopak (Founder, The Geekie Awards, Skyrim Parodies) discuss

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Article "First WhatsApp Then Oculus, Now Facebook Buys ProtoGeo Moves Fitness App: Social Network Joins Nike & Samsung, Apple Planning iWatch and iOS Healthbook"

by Kevin Li
May 9, 2014

Facebook CTO talks up solar-powered drones

Published on Mar 26, 2015

At Facebook's F8 conference, Mike Schroepfer, the company's CTO, discusses Facebook's plan to make Internet access more ubiquitous through the use of solar-powered drone technology.

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Article "Buiding AI is hard — so Facebook is building AI that builds AI"

by Cade Metz
May 6, 2016

Article "Facebook spares humans by fighting offensive photos with AI"

by Josh Constine
May 31, 2016

Article "Facebook Plans Smartwatch With Focus on Messaging, Health"

by Alex Heath and Wayne Ma
February 12, 2021

Article "Facebook adds Shops to WhatsApp, among other e-commerce updates"

by Amanda Silberling
June 22, 2021

Article "Facebook is planning to rebrand the company with a new name"
Mark Zuckerberg wants to be known for building the metaverse

by Alex Heath
October 19, 2021

Article "Facebook Kills ‘Hey Facebook’ Voice Command for Portal Amid Customer ‘Confusion’"

by Sylvia Varnham O'Regan
October 20, 2021

Article "FACEBOOK 'META' CHANGE
Trademark Applicants Will Sell to Zuck ...
FOR $20 MILLION!!!"

November 1, 2021

metapcs.com

Article "Internal documents show Facebook's Meta-minded CTO, Andrew Bosworth, blaming hate-speech posts on 'demand' for such content"

by Kali Hays , Candy Cheng , and Rob Price
November 4, 2021

Article "To Build the Metaverse, Meta First Wants to Build Stores"
The social networking company has discussed opening physical stores to showcase its virtual reality and augmented reality devices.

by Mike Isaac
November 5, 2021

Article "Meta spent $10 billion on the metaverse in 2021, dragging down profit."
Quarterly profits decreased 8 percent, to $10.3 billion, from a year earlier. Shares of Meta’s stock plunged about 22 percent in after-hours trading.

by Mike Isaac
February 2, 2022

Article "‘Live in the future’: Zuckerberg unveils company overhaul amid shift to metaverse"
CEO of company formerly called Facebook touts pivot at all-hands meeting as he faces investment concerns

by Kari Paul
February 16, 2022

Article "Mark Zuckerberg wants his employees to be 'Metamates,' putting their 'ship' and crew before themselves"

by Katie Canales
February 15, 2022

Article "Facebook's obsession with everything 'meta' is getting annoying"
Metamates, ahoy!

by Stan Schroeder
February 16, 2022

Article "Mark Zuckerberg made a big announcement to employees and the Internet can’t stop laughing"

by Dan Tracer
February 15, 2022

Article "Meta is hiring 10,000 people to build its virtual-reality universe. The company's top recruiter explains how to nail the interview."

by Rachel DuRose
February 15, 2022