Meta Ray-Ban Delay + Layoffs: Poor Planning Exposed

Meta's Ray-Ban Display glasses hit a wall: international rollout delayed, waitlists stretching into late 2026, and fresh layoffs in Reality Labs. The company pivots yet again, this time from the Metaverse to AI. I built the first AR product team at Meta and worked on the first two Xbox launches, and this isn't just hype gone wrong: it's poor planning combined with overpromising. Hardware fixes take weeks or months vs hours or days for software. Let's break down the pattern, why it matters, and the simple fix.