According to the Financial Times, Meta is in talks with Magic Leap, an AR headset company, to look into licensing the latter’s tech.

Meta is reportedly in talks with a company called Magic Leap with an eye to a partnership that could see Meta developing its alternative reality (AR) headset in the future.

According to the Financial Times, the two are negotiating a multi-year intellectual property (IP) and manufacturing alliance. The report’s timing is significant for a few reasons.