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Meta retreats from metaverse after virtual reality check
- Meta announced via support pages that the Workrooms app will be shut down on February 16, 2026, deleting all user data, and it will end sales of enterprise Quest headsets and Meta Horizon managed services in February 2026.
- After heavy Reality Labs losses, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth reportedly urged staff to double down on mobile, while executives say the company is shifting focus from immersive VR to mobile platforms and wearables.
- Studio closures and layoffs accompanied the decision to wind down business VR services, with reports naming Armature Studio, Twisted Pixel, and Sanzaru amid more than 1,000 Reality Labs job cuts.
- Meta recommends customers migrate to Arthur, Microsoft Teams Immersive or Zoom Workplace, download Workrooms data before February 16, 2026, and allows access to Meta Horizon managed services through January 4th, 2030.
- Following heavy losses at Reality Labs, Meta is reprioritizing toward wearables and mobile platforms, abandoning future development on Supernatural and gutting the Batman: Arkham Shadow studio, which will sting VR advocates.
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Meta is closing its VR workplace app amid Reality Labs layoffs
Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone appIllustration by Sheldon Cooper/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesMeta is switching off Horizon Workrooms as a stand-alone app next month.Workrooms was launched for remote teams to collaborate in virtual reality.The move comes as Meta is laying off workers in its Reality Labs metaverse division.Meta is discontinuing its workplace virtual reality app Horizon Workrooms as …
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