found this at the chan
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Building 8s goal at Facebook is to create and ship new, category-defining consumer hardware products that are social first. To do so at scale. And to power this with a breakthrough innovation engine modeled after DARPA.
As a team of world-class experts, we drive innovation in the areas of augmented and virtual reality, artificial intelligence, connectivity, and more and operate on aggressive, fixed timelines with extensive use of partnerships in universities, and small-large businesses.

Here’s the link to the full article https://www.inverse.com/article/14286-here-s-what-facebook-s-new-darpa-esque-building-8-lab-may-work-on
Interesting.