Meta Platforms (FB) mislaid $2.96 cardinal successful the archetypal 4th connected its precocious created Facebook Reality Labs (FRL) division, which comprises its augmented and virtual world operations, according to its net report.
Meta announced successful the 3rd 4th it would beryllium breaking retired results for the division to amusement the show and investments successful a radical that it considers cardinal to the adjacent procreation of online societal experiences.
FRL generated gross of $695 cardinal successful the archetypal quarter, a tiny fraction of the $27.2 cardinal generated successful the 4th from Meta’s household of apps, which see Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.
Meta antecedently estimated FRL would trim its wide operating nett by astir $10 cardinal successful 2021, and said it was committed to spending adjacent much connected the part for the adjacent respective years.
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