Meta Loses Key Metaverse Official Shortly After Criticism Over Chief Mark Zuckerberg's Avatar

Meta Platforms Inc's META virtual reality social platform Horizon chief quit for a new opportunity, Reuters reports.
Horizon marks the main gateway for accessing Meta's multi-billion-dollar metaverse ambition.
VP Vivek Sharma departed, and his team would report directly to Vishal Shah, VP of Metaverse.
Platforms created by Sharma's team include Horizon Worlds, a comprehensive VR world-building platform, and Horizon Venues, focused on virtual events.
Recently, critics ridiculed Chief Mark Zuckerberg's avatar's graphics quality after posting a screenshot of it on Facebook.
Zuckerberg posted a second image days later showing a more sophisticated avatar.
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Sharma, who has been with Meta for more than five years, was previously VP of product for Facebook Gaming and Facebook Marketplace.
Facebook employees feared layoffs of up to 10% despite its denial.
Facebook's value plunged in just six months as it battled advertising challenges kicked off by Apple Inc's AAPL privacy changes and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Its metaverse segment lost $10 billion in a year.
Price Action: META shares traded lower by 1.33% at $159.62 in the premarket on the last check Monday.
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