Meta Platforms Inc has introduced the launch of its first bodily retailer. The retailer, which opens on May 9 subsequent month, goals to supply buyers a spot the place they will check out and purchase digital actuality headsets and different devices.
The 1,550-square ft Meta Store on the firm’s Burlingame campus in California will open on May 9, 2022, and can characteristic demos for its Quest 2 VR headset and video calling gadget Portal, in addition to good glasses it produces with Ray-Ban, Meta stated. “The devices, except for the Ray-Ban glasses, will be available for purchase at the store. The products can also be bought online through a new shopping tab on meta.com,” the corporate added.
“The Meta Store is going to help people make that connection to how our products can be the gateway to the metaverse in the future. We’re not selling the metaverse in our store, but hopefully people will come in and walk out knowing a little bit more about how our products will help connect them to it,” Martin Gilliard, head, Meta Store, acknowledged.
Earlier this month, the Facebook proprietor stated it will begin testing instruments for promoting digital property and experiences inside its digital actuality platform Horizon Worlds, a VR platform Meta launched late final 12 months. Additionally, Meta stated it will cost a 47.5% payment from creators of digital experiences and property, a transfer that has attracted criticism from some app builders.
(With inputs from Reuters)
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