Meta, the first company that announced a pivot from its social media business to the metaverse, is battling to make its new focus profitable.
Meta's Metaverse Is Still Not Profitable: Reality Labs Unit Registers $2.8 Billion Losses During Q2
Meta, the social media company, has reported that its metaverse division, the Reality Labs Unit, is shedding lots of money. In its recent earnings call, the company informed that, while the Reality Labs unit managed to pull more than $400 million in sales, its losses reached $2.8 billion, mainly due to research and development costs associated with metaverse and VR products.
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