A first look at Facebook owner Meta's new retail store

Record ID: 1671482

  • Title: A first look at Facebook owner Meta's new retail store
  • Date: 4th May 2022
  • Summary: BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (MAY 4, 2022) (Reuters) VARIOUS OF META STORE EMPLOYEE WEARING HEADSET FOR VIRTUAL REALITY EMPLOYEE'S FINGER INTERACTING WITH OBJECT IN VIRTUAL REALITY HAND CONTROLLER ON TABLE INTERIOR OF META RETAIL STORE VARIOUS OF META QUEST 2 HEADSET AND CONTROLLER ON TABLE SIGNAGE ON TABLE FOR META QUEST 2 EMPLOYEE WITH VR HEADSET AS SEEN THROUGH
  • Embargoed: 18th May 2022 21:43
  • Keywords: Facebook Mark Zuckerberg Meta Meta Retail store Meta virtual reality glasses Ray Ban smart glasses VR retail store virtual reality
  • Location: BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • City: BURLINGAME, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES
  • Country: USA
  • Topics: Company News Markets,Economic Events,United States
  • Reuters ID: LVA001578904052022RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Meta Platforms Inc is set to open its first physical store where shoppers can try out and buy virtual reality headsets and other gadgets as the company plots a course to take its highly touted metaverse mainstream.
    The 1,550-square feet Meta Store at the company's Burlingame campus in California opens on May 9, and Meta said it will feature demos for its Quest 2 VR headset and video calling device Portal, as well as smart glasses it produces with Ray-Ban.
    The company allowed journalists into the store on Wednesday (May 4) to view and film the products ahead of the store’s official opening.
    The devices, except for the Ray-Ban glasses, will be available for purchase at the store. The products can also be bought online through a new shopping tab on meta.com, the company said.
    Meta is investing heavily in the metaverse - a virtual space where people interact, work and play - by adding new features to hardware devices that serve as access points to the virtual world.
    Last month, the Facebook owner said it would start testing tools for selling digital assets and experiences within its virtual reality platform Horizon Worlds, a VR platform Meta launched late last year.
    Meta also said it would charge a 47.5% fee from creators of digital experiences and assets, a move that has attracted criticism from some app developers.
    (Production: Nathan Frandino)
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