Meta Shelves App-Like Feature for AR in Latest Sign of a Pullback

Meta Platforms is pulling back on its investment in augmented reality, in a nod to how far off a commercial release of AR glasses is.

Meta executives have told staffers in the company’s Reality Labs division, which develops AR devices and virtual reality headsets, that it is ceasing development of “augments”—features that function a little like apps on a smartphone—for future AR devices, according to an internal post described to The Information. Meta is still developing augments for its Quest …

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