CTO Predicts 2025 as a Crucial Year for Meta’s AR and VR Progress

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So, let’s dive into this whole Meta situation – you know, the folks behind all that virtual reality and whatnot. Andrew Bosworth, or “Boz” to his pals (and honestly, doesn’t every tech genius have a catchy nickname?), threw out this prediction earlier about 2025. It’s either gonna be a big win for Meta’s Reality Labs or, contrarily, a “legendary misadventure.” Quite the dramatic flair, right?

Boz, one of the first 15 engineers at the company, seems optimistic now. But here’s the twist: the market gets the final say. Like, will people actually buy this stuff?

In a chat with Bloomberg Technology the other day (don’t ask me why I was watching), he mentioned that 2025 feels super pivotal. Apparently, these Meta Ray-Ban AI glasses are flying off the shelves – over 2 million sold since last fall. Fancy tech specs even outsold the old-school Ray-Bans. I mean, sunglasses that can do tricks? Talk about a glow-up.

And not to be left out, Google’s teamed up with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for their own smart glasses shenanigans. Plus, whispers from Apple suggest they’re hopping on the bandwagon in 2026. Seems like suddenly everyone’s all, “Oh wow, let’s make glasses cool again!”

But Boz – or maybe it was just the expression on his face – seemed to hint the real story is in how the market reacts to all this. Like he said, something about the market showing signs way after the hardware debuts. Makes sense, kinda? Anyway, he learned a lot of this wisdom from Sheryl Sandberg, who was the big shot COO at Meta once upon a time.

So many companies don’t fail because of rivals, she’d say. Nope, they mess up their own plans. It’s like dropping your ice cream because you weren’t holding it right. Boz is trying to steer his team to focus on their own game. It’s about hitting their own benchmarks, not stressing over what everyone else is doing – at least, that’s the vibe I got.

Meta’s cooking up some major plans for the year, according to Boz. He’s playing it coy, though. We’ll only know if they pulled it off come year’s end. And in five years? Well, that’s when we’ll see if it all mattered. It’s all a bit wait-and-watch, which is basically business talk for “let’s hope for the best.”

Anyway, that’s the scoop from Boz and Meta. It’s like this unfolding drama – will they rise as tech giants or fade into random trivia? Stay tuned.