Meta has made a big move to hire two prominent designers away from rival tech giant Apple, likely putting them to work on designing Meta’s next generation of AI hardware and the software that runs on it.
Alan Dye, formerly Apple’s vice president of Human Interface Design, will join Meta to head up a new design studio within Meta’s Reality Labs. Billy Sorrentino, a senior director on Apple’s design team (and former data-offer-url=”https://www.vox.com/2016/11/29/13783724/wired-apple-billy-sorrentino” class=”external-link” data-event-click=”{"element":"ExternalLink","outgoingURL":"https://www.vox.com/2016/11/29/13783724/wired-apple-billy-sorrentino"}” href=”https://www.vox.com/2016/11/29/13783724/wired-apple-billy-sorrentino” rel=”nofollow noopener” target=”_blank”>WIRED creative director) will also join Meta’s Reality Labs.
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