AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTYou have been granted access, use your keyboard to continue reading.The layoffs are set to be announced this week and would affect Meta’s work on the metaverse, as the company spends heavily on building artificial intelligence.Michael Abrash, chief scientist of Reality Labs, during a presentation for Meta last year.Credit...Jason Henry for The New York TimesJan. 12, 2026, 3:30 p.m. ETMeta plans to cut around 10 percent of the employees in its Reality Labs division ...