A Key Leader for Meta's Metaverse Software Is Leaving the Company

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Meta’s Vivek Sharma was in charge of Horizon, the company’s virtual reality platform and had been with Facebook’s parent company for six years.

Vivek Sharma has been with Meta for six years and was most recently its vice president of Horizon.Facebook parent Meta plans to debut a new VR headset in October.

The vice president of Meta's Horizon social media virtual reality software, Vivek Sharma, is leaving the company, a spokesperson said Friday.for the past six years, holding high-ranking positions in marketplace and gaming, and most recently its nascent metaverse-related business unit. As VP of Horizon, Sharma, who is based in the Seattle area, oversaw various VR projects such as the Horizon Worlds social media service, which is akin to the online game Second Life that's been retrofitted to virtual reality. Other Horizon products include the VR-based workplace collaboration app Horizon Workrooms, and the Horizon Venues app for live events, which was moved into the core Worlds app this summer.

 

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