**Meta’s VR Nightmare: $19B in Losses in 2025 – And It’s About to Get Worse**
I’m still trying to wrap my head around the latest financial report from Meta, but it seems like the company’s VR ambitions have officially hit rock bottom. Actuality Labs, the brainchild of Mark Zuckerberg’s “metaverse” pipe dream, has racked up a staggering $19.1 billion in losses for 2025. And if you thought that was bad, just wait – things are only going to get worse.
According to Mark Zuckerberg himself, Meta’s VR losses for 2026 are likely to be almost identical to the ones it suffered in 2025. Because who doesn’t love a good dose of déjà vu? And to make matters worse, the company is planning to “step by step cut back losses going ahead.” Yeah, good luck with that.
It’s hard not to think about the irony here. Remember when Meta was all about its VR ambitions, and how it was going to revolutionize the world with its “independent metaverse”? Yeah, about that. It feels like the company was chasing a mirage. The recent layoffs of up to 1,000 employees are just the icing on the cake.
And it’s not just the price tag that’s the problem – Meta is reportedly shutting down VR studios and killing off its Workrooms app, an app that was supposed to be a key part of its VR offering. Because who doesn’t love an epic pivot?
So what’s next for Meta’s VR business? Who knows? For now, it’s clear that the company has a long, hard road ahead of it before it can turn a profit on its VR endeavors.
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