{"id":460786,"date":"2022-06-10T22:14:22","date_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:14:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/facebook-suddenly-scales-back-its-hardware-efforts-review-geek\/"},"modified":"2022-06-10T22:14:22","modified_gmt":"2022-06-10T19:14:22","slug":"facebook-suddenly-scales-back-its-hardware-efforts-review-geek","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-suddenly-scales-back-its-hardware-efforts-review-geek\/","title":{"rendered":"#Facebook Suddenly Scales Back Its Hardware Efforts \u2013 Review Geek"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2893aebc881\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2893aebc881\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/facebook-suddenly-scales-back-its-hardware-efforts-review-geek\/#%E2%80%9CFacebook_Suddenly_Scales_Back_Its_Hardware_Efforts_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Facebook Suddenly Scales Back Its Hardware Efforts \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CFacebook_Suddenly_Scales_Back_Its_Hardware_Efforts_%E2%80%93_Review_Geek%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Facebook Suddenly Scales Back Its Hardware Efforts \u2013 Review Geek&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"article-content-area\">\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"type:primaryImage wp-image-87338 size-full\" data-pagespeed-no-defer=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/06\/bba1f486.jpg?width=1200\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/paris-france-may-24-2018-facebook-1098814604\" data-credittext=\"Frederic Legrand - COMEO\/Shutterstock.com, Justin Duino\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"type:primaryImage imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shutterstock.com\/image-photo\/paris-france-may-24-2018-facebook-1098814604\">Frederic Legrand \u2013 COMEO\/Shutterstock.com, Justin Duino<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It seems like <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a> (now called Meta) just can\u2019t catch a break. Declining ad revenue and a shrinking user base have forced the company to pursue a custom hardware ecosystem\u2014smart products and mixed reality devices that it can control on its own terms. But for whatever reason, Facebook <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ears to be scaling back these hardware projects.<\/p>\n<p>First, and this isn\u2019t much of a surprise, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/redirect.viglink.com\/?key=204a528a336ede4177fff0d84a044482&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fvariety.com%2F2022%2Fdigital%2Fnews%2Fmeta-portal-consumer-video-calling-phased-out-1235289891%2F\"><em>Variety<\/em><\/a> reports that\u00a0Facebook will no longer produce Portal smart displays. These Alexa-powered screens were mainly intended for video chatting and launched in 2018 to lukewarm reception (despite a flurry of expensive ads). If the rumor is true, Facebook will sell remaining Portal inventory and wipe its hands of the experience.<\/p>\n<p>Facebook also halted development of its controversial \u201cMilan\u201d smartwatch, which was supposed to launch this year as a \u201csmartphone replacement.\u201d Essentially, it would let Facebook bypass the privacy barriers set up by iOS and Android. A leak published by\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2022-06-09\/meta-halts-development-of-apple-watch-rival-with-two-cameras\"><em>Bloomberg<\/em><\/a> shows that the watch also had a bottom-mounted camera\u2014users could remove the watch from a magnetic wrist strap and use it to take pictures or video.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-93534 size-full\" data-pagespeed-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.reviewgeek.com\/p\/uploads\/2021\/07\/28a34d7b.png\" alt=\"A prototype of Facebook's Project Aria AR glasses.\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" data-crediturl=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/09\/announcing-project-aria-a-research-project-on-the-future-of-wearable-ar\/\" data-credittext=\"Facebook\" src=\"\/pagespeed_static\/1.JiBnMqyl6S.gif\" onload=\"pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\" onerror=\"this.onerror=null;pagespeed.lazyLoadImages.loadIfVisibleAndMaybeBeacon(this);\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">A prototype of Facebook\u2019s Project Aria AR glasses. <span class=\"imagecredit\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/about.fb.com\/news\/2020\/09\/announcing-project-aria-a-research-project-on-the-future-of-wearable-ar\/\">Facebook<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And despite several years of development, Facebook\u2019s first pair of AR glasses (codenamed\u00a0\u201cProject Nazare\u201d) won\u2019t go on sale in 2024. According to employees who spoke with\u00a0 <em><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theinformation.com\/articles\/meta-scales-back-ar-glasses-plan-amid-reality-labs-shakeup\">The Information<\/a><\/em>, these glasses will be exclusive to developers and proof-of-concept demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>Now, there are several theories for why Facebook is pulling back from hardware. The most obvious explanation is the economy\u2014soaring inflation, stagnant wages, a grim <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/richardmcgahey\/2022\/03\/25\/inflation-soaring-rents-and-the-housing-crisis\/?sh=1dd80fc716f5\">housing market<\/a>, and signs of an <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/jonathanponciano\/2022\/06\/10\/dow-plunges-750-points-after-very-troubling-inflation-report-fuels-fears-of-impending-recession\/?sh=4bb965ad48a0\">impending recession<\/a>\u00a0have already shifted consumer spending away from luxury goods. A smartwatch might sell in this environment, but expensive AR glasses are too new and too niche.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">We&#8217;re going to ship wrist wearables and AR glasses that bring completely new tech\u2014like EMG\u2014 to market. The path to groundbreaking products is not a straight line. As is common in our industry, we iterate on multiple prototypes in parallel &amp; shift resources as we learn.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Boz (@boztank) <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boztank\/status\/1534973785132019712?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 9, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But the economy may not be the driving force behind this change. Facebook isn\u2019t exactly known for hardware development (outside of VR headsets), and its most recent products have flopped and elicited pushback from consumers. Remember those Ray-Ban glasses that Facebook made? We bought a pair and chose not to review them because of privacy concerns!<\/p>\n<p>Maybe Facebook is dissatisfied with its prototype devices, which wouldn\u2019t be much of a surprise. A pair of AR glasses is useless without apps, and even the best AR glasses prototypes have an abysmal battery life. Privacy may also play a part in this; Facebook tested the water with its freaky Ray-Bans, and the response from consumers was hostile.<\/p>\n<p>For what it\u2019s worth, Meta CTO <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/boztank\/status\/1534973785132019712\">Andrew Bosworth<\/a> says that AR glasses and \u201cwrist wearables\u201d will eventually reach the market. He explains that \u201cthe path to groundbreaking products is not a straight line,\u201d which is a true statement for any decent tech company.\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><script>\nsetTimeout(function(){\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('init', '1137093656460433');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n  },3000);\n<\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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