the bbc�*s north america correspondent erin delmore has more.n tech lately is how investors want to know when the mega investments we have been seeing, especially in artificial intelligence, will start to pay out more than they are taking in. in a lot of cases, the investments are looking like they're going to be a slow burn, and a bit of a cash burn. here's one example. meta announced that its reality labs posted a nearly $4.5 billion loss in the second quarter of the year. reality labs is the unit where meta is developing its metaverse technologies, including augmented reality, like we see in the quest vr headsets and the rayban smart glasses. wednesday's news brings the total losses for reality labs to about $50 billion. there is hard numbers between mark zuckerberg's big bets on metaverse is a technology of the future. the firm continues to build out its reality labs unit and sees more losses to come. it is advancing its technology through facebook, instagram, and whatsapp. mark zuckerberg said in a statement that meta ai is on track to be t