Meta's Horizon Worlds virtual reality Vice President is reportedly leaving the Facebook and Instagram owner.

The departure of the key person to the ambitious metaverse and virtual reality project of Meta comes shortly after its Mark Zuckerberg avatar has been heavily mocked online.

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Meta's Horizon Vice President Leaves Facebook Owner

As per the recent report by Reuters, the vice president of Meta for Horizon, its social VR platform, Vivek Sharma, is now parting ways with the Zuckerberg-owned tech giant.

A spokesperson of Meta has confirmed the departure of the Horizon boss to Reuters.

The Facebook owner spokesperson discloses that the team that used to report for Sharma will now be working with the Vice President of Metaverse at Meta, Vishal Shah.

According to a story by The Verge, the Meta spokesperson says that they are "thankful for Vivek's contributions across our Marketplace, gaming and metaverse teams. He also highlights that Sharma has been with Meta for six years.

The spokesperson, Bryan Pope, goes on to add that "the Horizon product group has built a strong team with an ambitious vision."

Despite leading the Meta virtual reality social platform, Sharma took previous top posts at the tech giant, specifically the Facebook Marketplace and Facebook Gaming platforms.

Meta says that Sharma is now parting ways with the tech behemoth as he is pursuing another career opportunity, which is unrelated to his previous post.

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Meta VP Leaves Amid Horizon Worlds' Embarrassing Graphics

The Verge notes in its news report that Sharma is bidding farewell to the Facebook owner amid a time when its metaverse project, Horizon Worlds, recently got criticized for its uninspired graphics.

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In this illustration photo taken in Los Angeles on October 28, 2021, a person watches on a smartphone Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg unveil the META logo.

The Chief Executive Officer of Meta, Zuckerberg, recently promoted the metaverse project to European locations, such as Spain and France.

And to do so, the big boss of Meta decided to share a screenshot of his avatar on Horizon.

Reuters reports that critics have heavily mocked the hideous graphics quality of the Mark Zuckerberg avatar, which he proudly shared in his recent Facebook post.

The Meta CEO responded to the criticism by sharing a new, improved version of his avatar days after it had become a joking matter on the internet.

He went on to admit that the initial look of his avatar looks "pretty basic." And on top of that, the tech entrepreneur teased that Horizon will be releasing major updates, along with its final avatar graphics.

But now, Meta is losing its head for its virtual reality social platform, Horizon.

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