On Wednesday, Facebook announced Andrew Bosworth, the current head of the hardware division that builds it Oculus and other consumer devices, in the role of CTO head technology, replacing outgoing CTO Mike Schroepfer.
In his new role, Bosworth will continue to lead the hardware team, called Facebook Reality Labs, but also takes charge of Facebook's broader software engineering division and artificial intelligence efforts. He will be referring directly to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is keenly interested in developing AR glasses and metaverse.
Facebook is still relatively new to hardware sales and is viewed with great skepticism by potential customers due to privacy scandals.
But even so, the company has significantly increased its hardware efforts in recent years under Bosworth. The Reality Labs team already has more than 10.000 employees, and is one of the largest divisions of the company.
"Ο επόμενος τεχνικός μας, Boz θα συνεχίσει να ηγείται του Facebook Reality Labs και να επιβλέπει τη δουλειά μας στην επαυξημένη πραγματικότητα, την virtual πραγματικότητα και πολλά άλλα. Στο πλαίσιο αυτής της μετάβασης, μερικές άλλες ομάδες θα ενταχθούν επίσης στην ομάδα του Boz", Reported Zuckerberg in a statement.
"Όλα αυτά είναι θεμελιώδη για τις ευρύτερες προσπάθειές μας που θα βοηθήσουν στην κατασκευή του metaverse και είμαι ενθουσιασμένος για το μέλλον αυτού του project υπό την ηγεσία του Boz."
Bosworth is one of Facebook's longest-serving executives, having joined the company 15 years ago. Prior to joining Reality Labs, he led the advertising division and worked on early versions of core Facebook features such as News Feed, Messenger, and Groups.
