Meta egocentric datasets (Ego4D, Ego-Exo4D, Aria glasses)

Robot maker or lab, HQ United States. University consortium model for collecting first-person video, with Ego-Exo4D the largest academic Aria glasses deployment (12 sites).

Data it collects

Workers in

CanadaColombiaIndiaJapanSingaporeUnited States

Known buyers

Scale

• New Reality Labs humanoid robotics group led by Marc Whitten (2025-02-14)
• Ego4D: over 3,670 hours, 923 participants, 74 locations in 9 countries (2022-02-17)
• Ego-Exo4D: nearly 1,300 hours incl. 221 egocentric hours, 800+ participants (2023-11-30)

Events

• 2026-05-01 Meta acquires humanoid startup ARI techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2026-04-16 Sama lays off 1,000+ Nairobi workers after Meta ends contract theguardian.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2026-03-31 Kenya ODPC probes Meta Ray-Ban footage annotation techweez.com ↗ Secondary
• 2026-02-12 Labour court postpones rulings in Motaung and 184-moderator cases against Meta business-humanrights.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-06-12 Meta takes 49% of Scale AI; Google plans exit techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-04-27 Meta faces Ghana lawsuits over moderator harm theguardian.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-04-27 Foxglove and Agency Seven Seven prepare lawsuits over Meta moderators in Accra business-humanrights.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2025-02-14 Meta sets up humanoid robotics group in Reality Labs thestar.com.my ↗ Secondary
• 2024-11-28 HOT3D released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2024-09 Kenya Court of Appeal: Meta can be sued over moderators peopleofcolorintech.com ↗ Secondary
• 2024-06-14 Nymeria released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2024-02-20 Aria Everyday Activities (AEA) released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2023-11-30 Ego-Exo4D released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2023-03 184 moderators sue Meta, Sama and Majorel techcrunch.com ↗ Major outlet
• 2023-02-06 Kenyan court rules Meta can be sued over moderator conditions jurist.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2022-05-10 Daniel Motaung sues Meta and Sama in Kenya business-humanrights.org ↗ Major outlet
• 2021-10-14 Meta and university partners release Ego4D meta.com ↗ Secondary
• 2021-10-13 Ego4D released arxiv.org ↗ Major outlet

Sources

• 74 worldwide locations in 9 different countriesego4d-data.org ↗ Company claim 2022-02-17
• more than 800 skilled participants in the United States, Japan, Colombia, Singapore, India, and Canadameta.com ↗ Company claim 2023-11-30
• the single largest coordinated deployment of the Aria glasses in the academic research community, with partners at 12 different sitesmeta.com ↗ Company claim 2023-11-30
• Meta Platforms is establishing a new division within its Reality Labs unit to develop AI-powered humanoid robotsthestar.com.my ↗ Secondary 2025-02-15
• In one experiment, Meta is evaluating whether a Kinova Gen3 robotic arm could be used for power cycling or cutting off electricity to servers.wired.com ↗ Major outlet 2026-08-27

Every row links to its source, and hovering a link shows the quote it rests on. Research compiled 2026-10-05. Method