Meta’s CTO Predicts 2025 as a Crucial Year for Augmented and Virtual Reality

Oh boy, where do I even start with this whole Meta thing? You ever get that feeling when someone’s trying to predict the future, like — “this will be amazing or a total train wreck!” Well, that’s kind of what’s happening over at Meta’s Reality Labs, if you ask Andrew “Boz” Bosworth. He’s been around forever there, one of those first 15 folks they hired, so I guess he’s seen it all. Did you ever think about how wild that must be? Watching something grow from scratch?

Anyway, he’s super jazzed about 2025. It could be the year they hit it big or maybe it all fizzles out like, uh, a soggy firecracker. He’s betting on greatness, though. But let’s be real, it’s the market that’ll make the call in the end. Sounds kinda dramatic, right? Like some destiny thing.

So picture this: Boz chatting away on Bloomberg about how 2025 feels like this massive crossroad for the metaverse. And oh man, their AI glasses — you know the ones, those Ray Ban things — they flew off the shelves! Over 2 million pairs out there since they launched in 2023. Who knew people wanted smart glasses more than the regular kind?

And while Meta’s doing its thing, Google’s teaming up with Gentle Monster and Warby Parker for some Android XR glasses. Wonder how that’ll turn out? Oh, and Apple’s got something in the works for 2026 too. It’s like all these tech giants are throwing a smart glasses party.

Boz was saying how they’ve transitioned from being this nerdy “who cares?” project to actually hitting the mainstream. He called it “the clock has started.” Sounds serious, right? But like they’re all in some tech-race-against-time kind of thing. Or maybe I’m just imagining that.

Here’s a twist — competition’s great and all, but if the market doesn’t buy in, it’s all just noise. They gotta make people want it. Boz dropped some wisdom there, something Sheryl Sandberg taught him. Apparently, companies mostly trip over their own feet rather than getting beaten out. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Internal focus is everything.

And here we are, with Meta lining up a year full of big plans. They’re on schedule, Boz insists, but who knows how it’ll shake out at year’s end? And in five years? That’s the real kicker. It’s like — you set out on this journey, but the end is still a swirl of fog.

So let’s see what happens. Maybe it’ll end with fireworks or maybe not. Stay tuned, right?