Meta’s VP of Horizon is leaving the company

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The VP of the company's virtual reality platform is leaving the company. Bryan Pope, a spokesman for Meta, said that the man is leaving to pursue a career opportunity.

At an awkward time for the show, Sharma is leaving. The whole effort of the metaverse became something of a meme last week. In order to promote the launch of Horizon Worlds in France and Spain, the CEO posted a picture of his dead-eyed character on the site, which quickly became a popular joke. The damage had already been done when the concept art was shared a few days later by the founder of Facebook. There's a parody of Facebook's look.

The company's metaverse ambitions are likely to be unaffected by the meme moment. Meta is working on new hardware, including a new virtual reality headset that will be released in October. The company introduced its new Meta accounts this week that allow you to use a headset without having to log in to Facebook. The metaverse is costing a lot so far. The company's Reality Labs division reported a loss.

Pope said that the team would now be reporting to Shah.

Pope said that they were thankful for the contributions that Vivek had made to the team over the last six years. The product group has built a strong team with an ambitious vision thanks to his leadership. Meta continues to be a source for developing great leaders, and we are excited to see what he does next. A request for comment was not replied to by the man.