Not a hardware company yet. There was a time where Amazon and Google were not hardware companies. But I think saying they are not a hardware company is a bit u

Not a hardware company yet. There was a time where Amazon and Google were not hardware companies. But I think saying they are not a hardware company is a bit unfair. Oculus by itself is a tremendously hard and complex hardware business. Portal less so, but it’s still a meaningful device with a lot of complexity. Also Facebook infrastructure must have hundreds of proprietary hardware elements that are built specifically for their own use cases. But I get what you’re saying. From all the tech behemoths, FB is the by far the least experienced in hardware. But I think it’s pretty clear that FB sees hardware as a column of their long term vision. That alone is enough reason to invest on developing your own hardware.