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Facebook-Owner Meta to Open First Physical Store in Metaverse Bet

Meta Facebook metaverse Virtual reality Augmented reality BURLINGAME California RayBan

A woman holds a smartphone with Meta logo in front of Facebook's newly rebranded logo in this illustration picture taken October 28, 2021. (Reuters)

Meta Platforms Inc is set to open its first physical store where shoppers can try out and buy virtual reality headsets and other gadgets as the company plots a course to take its highly touted metaverse mainstream.

The 1,550-square feet Meta Store at the company's Burlingame campus in California opens on May 9, and will feature demos for its Quest 2 VR headset and video calling device Portal as well as Ray-Ban's augmented reality (AR) glasses, Meta said on Monday.

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