News of Meta’s decision is coming to Android Central. Closing Ready at Dawn with immediate effectThe studio is led by Andrea Pesino, creator of virtual reality games such as Echo of a Lonely Series And previous PlayStation exclusive titles like Order: 1886God of War: Olympus Series, Ghost of Sparta, and Daxter.
Ready at Dawn joined Oculus Studio in June 2020, accompanied by the launch of Echo VR on Oculus Quest. In 2021, it had published Lonely Echo 2which received generally positive reviews from the press and the public. In April of last year, Meta About a third of the developers have already launched. From the study and now the “knockout blow” has arrived.
The Future of Employees and Oculus Studios
A company spokesperson confirmed the studio’s closure to the portal, explaining the decision to ensure that Meta’s Reality Labs division, which handles the Quest family of devices, is within budget and that Oculus Studio, which Ready was also part of Dawn, can have a “better long-term impact” on the development of VR projects. He also stressed that this is not the first in a series of major cuts to first-party teams. The company is still focused on the virtual reality sector.Although financial reports spoke of losses amounting to billions of dollars.
Meta says Ready at Dawn employees are encouraged to apply elsewhere within Oculus Studios and so on. The company wants to retain as many talented developers as possible.So we hope that most employees will continue to have permanent jobs.
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