Assuming it can turn its data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://www.engadget.com/ar-vr/metas-orion-prototype-offers-a-glimpse-into-our-ar-future-123038066.html” data-ylk=”slk:Project Orion;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>Project Orion augmented reality glasses into a real product people can buy, Meta apparently wants to get into robots next. That’s data-i13n=”elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1″ class=”link ” href=”https://sources.news/p/humanoid-robots-are-metas-next-ar” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank” data-ylk=”slk:according to Sources’ Alex Heath;elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1;itc:0;sec:content-canvas”>according to Sources‘ Alex Heath, who spoke to Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth and reports that much like Apple, Google and Tesla, Meta is researching robotics.
Unlike those other companies, though, Meta apparently isn’t all that focused on competing in hardware. It has a “Metabot” in the works, but its real goal is to create software that other companies can…
