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Meta Will End Horizon Worlds VR Access in June as the Metaverse Dream Keeps Fading
- Meta emailed Horizon Worlds users today saying it will remove the VR app from the Quest store on March 31 and end VR access on Quest headsets by June 15, removing Meta Credits and avatars.
- Amid a pivot to AI and hardware, Meta has cut metaverse investment and stopped updates like Supernatural Fitness while shifting focus to Ray‑Ban smart glasses.
- Early on, Horizon Worlds drew ridicule for its avatars, was populated mainly by children, and despite Meta pumping billions and hosting concerts with Imagine Dragons and Coldplay, struggled to gain stability.
- After recent Reality Labs reductions, the workforce cuts followed by the Horizon Worlds shutdown reflect concerns over user stability and profitability, impacting Meta’s VR workforce.
- Compared with rivals like VRChat, Horizon Worlds remained less popular and generated mockery, with Mike Proulx of Forrester calling Meta’s pivot the inevitable end of a failed mass-market bet.
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Meta Shuts Down on Metaverse Business Meta has decided to discontinue support for Horizon Worlds, a metaverse 3D virtual space app. Meta, which had gone all-in on the metaverse business—even changing its name from Facebook to Meta—is completely withdrawing from the related business. Bloomberg reported on the 17th...
With virtual reality, Facebook parent company Meta has only made losses. Founder Mark Zuckerberg therefore draws consequences. Horizon Worlds is discontinued.
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