Meta unveils its first physical retail store near its headquarters
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveiled his company’s first physical retail space, the Meta Store, near the company’s headquarters in Burlingame, California.
The store will open on May 9 and it will feature hands-on experience with all of the company’s hardware products, such as the Meta Quest 2, the Portal online communication devices, and Ray-Ban augmented reality glasses.
It will also feature a wall-size screen where other people can view what you’re seeing inside a virtual reality game or experience. The company is also adding its own online shop tab at Meta.com to make it easier to buy all of its products in one place online.
“The best way to understand virtual reality is to experience it. At the new Meta Store, anyone can demo popular apps on Quest 2 and project what you’re experiencing onto a big wall for your friends to see. You can also try our other products like Ray-Ban Stories and Portal, and get a sense of what’s coming as we build towards the metaverse,” said Zuckerberg, in a statement.
The company is following many other big tech companies that have opened their own physical stores with varying degrees of success, including Apple, Microsoft, Sony, and Amazon. Such moves can be annoying to other retailers carrying the hardware products but they can also be demo spaces to stir up interest in products.
In the Meta Store, you’ll be able to get hands-on experience like making video calls to retail associates with Portal, learn how Ray-Ban Stories can help you stay present with the world around you, and explore the magic of VR with a first-of-its-kind immersive Quest 2 demo, said Martin Gilliard, head of
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