On Wednesday, Facebook announced Andrew Bosworth, the current head of the hardware division that makes Oculus and other consumer Appliances, in the role of CTO chief technology officer, replacing outgoing CTO Mike Schroepfer.
In his new role, Bosworth will continue to lead the hardware group, which is called Facebook Reality Labs, αλλά αναλαμβάνει και την ευθύνη για το ευρύτερο τμήμα engineeringFacebook's software and artificial intelligence efforts. He will report directly to the CEO Mark Zuckerberg, who is keenly interested in the development of AR glasses and the 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 εικονική 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 department and worked on the first versions of key Facebook features, such as News Feed, Messenger, and Groups.
