Meta's Metaverse Is Going Mobile-First

Meta's metaverse is going mobile — and leaving VR behind

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Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first

Meta is separating Horizon Worlds from its Quest VR platform and focusing development of its metaverse platform on mobile devices.

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Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR

Horizon Central, the town square of Meta's metaverse, already runs on the new Meta Horizon game engine. | Image: Horizon Central Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse for work, is announcing a major change for its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. Instead of attempting to make the 3D social platform wo…

Meta Shifts Horizon Worlds to Mobile as Reality Labs Losses Near $80 Billion - Tech

Meta has changed direction for Horizon Worlds and will now focus the platform “almost exclusively mobile”, separating it from its Quest VR business. The decision follows years of heavy spending on virtual reality. Meta’s Reality Labs division, which builds VR headsets and smart glasses, has lost nearly $80 billion since 2020. Last month, the company cut about 1,500 jobs in the unit, roughly 10% of its workforce. It also closed several VR game st…

Meta’s Horizon Worlds Faces a Make-or-Break Moment as 2026 Mobile Expansion Looms Large

Mark Zuckerberg has staked tens of billions of dollars on the belief that virtual and mixed reality will define the next era of computing. But the centerpiece of that vision — Meta’s social platform Horizon Worlds — has struggled mightily to attract and retain users since its public launch. Now, with plans to expand Horizon Worlds to mobile devices by 2026, Meta is making what may be its most consequential bet yet: that bringing the platform bey…