Reality Labs, originally Oculus VR, is a business and research unit of Meta Platforms that produces virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) hardware and software, including virtual reality headsets such as Quest, and online platforms such as Horizon Worlds. In June 2022, several artificial intelligence (AI) initiatives that were previously a part of Meta AI were transitioned to Reality Labs. This also includes Meta's fundamental AI Research laboratory FAIR which is now part of the Reality Labs - Research (RLR) division.
Oculus Rift DK2 worn at a research showcase (Leap Motion sensor attached to the front)
Lenses inside an Oculus headset
The first-generation Oculus Quest
A Meta Quest 3 and controllers
Meta Platforms, Inc., doing business as Meta, and formerly named Facebook, Inc., and TheFacebook, Inc., is an American multinational technology conglomerate based in Menlo Park, California. The company owns and operates Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, among other products and services. Meta ranks among the largest American information technology companies, alongside other Big Five corporations Alphabet (Google), Amazon, Apple, and Microsoft. The company was ranked #31 on the Forbes Global 2000 ranking in 2023.
Billboard on the Thomson Reuters building welcomes Facebook to Nasdaq, 2012
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder, chairman and CEO of Meta, in 2012
Entrance to Meta's headquarters complex in Menlo Park, California
Entrance to Facebook's previous headquarters in the Stanford Research Park, Palo Alto, California