Meta opens first physical store

Meta team members stand ready to offer help demonstrating the different spaces during a preview of the inaugural physical store of Facebook-owner Meta Platforms Inc in Burlingame, California, US on May 4, 2022. — Reuters

BURLINGAME, California: Facebook parent Meta has opened its first physical store – in Burlingame, California – to showcase its hardware products like virtual and augmented reality goggles and glasses.

The store, which is open to the public as of May 9, is made for people who want to test out products like Ray-Ban Stories, Meta’s AR glasses and sunglasses, along with the Portal video calling gadget and Oculus virtual reality headsets.