Reality Labs, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

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Parent - Meta Platforms, Inc.

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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

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Article "Facebook Acquires Startup Developing AI Finger Tracking Armband"

by David Heaney
September 23, 2019

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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

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"Introducing the new Facebook Reality Labs, plus save the date for Facebook Connect on September 16"

by Andrew Bosworth
August 25, 2020

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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.

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Article "Facebook creates exec team to work on Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for a digital universe"

by Kif Leswing
July 26, 2021

Jason Rubin

Vivek Sharma

Vishal Shah

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Facebook presents: The journey to the Metaverse

Streamed live Sept 27, 2021

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

"Building the Metaverse Responsibly"

by Andrew Bosworth, VP, Facebook Reality Labs and Nick Clegg, VP, Global Affairs
September 27, 2021

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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

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Article "Facebook execs tease VR prototype hardware with new photos"
Zuckerberg looking at the future of the metaverse

by Mitchell Clark
October 13, 2021

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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