Facebook CTO Mike "Schrep" Schroepfer will resign from the post sometime in 2022, after 13 years leading technology operations for the biggest social media company in the world.Facebook said Schroepfer will become a "senior fellow" at the company next year, working on initiatives such as recruiting and developing technical talent and "fostering the company's artificial intelligence investments." After a transition period, Andrew "Boz" Bosworth -- currently head of Facebook Reality Labs overseeing the company's VR and AR businesses -- will...
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Longtime Facebook veteran Bosworth presides over Meta’s Reality Labs division, working to build out a functional metaverse while keeping Meta’s market lead on VR headsets intact as Mark Zuckerberg handles the fallout of a disastrous year on Wall Street. Meta’s Quest products accounted for nearly 80% of global AR and VR headset shipments in 2021, per IDC, with Meta saying it has seen $1.5 billion in revenue to date from Quest software. Despite some negative reception to Reality Labs’ metaverse-driven “Horizon Worlds” project, Bosworth is working to release the division’s biggest headset yet via the Meta Quest Pro, which began shipping in October at $1,500. The price is staggering, but extensive partnerships with Microsoft and Peacock combined with a massive overhaul of its specs prove Meta is holding firm on being the most versatile AR and VR player.