REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsNEW YORK, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Meta's (META.O) head of augmented reality software is stepping down from his role, a company spokesperson told Reuters on Friday, raising questions about the company's progress in developing a custom operating system for its planned AR glasses.
A Meta spokesperson confirmed Box would be leaving the company at the end of this week and said he was doing so for personal reasons.
It aims to ship its first AR glasses to consumers in 2027.
The Meta spokesperson declined to address the roadmap or whether the OS that Box's team was building would be in the first generation AR glasses.
Box is known for having led the creation of the Xbox One operating system and later heading Microsoft's core operating system group, which works across all Windows products.
Persons:
Eric Gaillard, Don Box, Mark Zuckerberg, Andrew Bosworth, Meta, Katie Paul, Kenneth Li, Daniel Wallis
Organizations:
Cannes Lions International, Creativity, REUTERS, Meta, Reuters, Labs, Microsoft, Xbox, Thomson
Locations:
Cannes, France