Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial ...

Meta backtracks on decision to drop Horizon Worlds from VR headsets

Meta (META) has backtracked on its decision to shut down the Horizon Worlds platform for its Quest virtual reality headsets ...

Meta is not shutting down the VR metaverse yet - here's what's staying

Soon after announcing that Horizon Worlds would be discontinued, Meta has taken a sharp U-turn. Here's what that means for the metaverse and the Quest headset.
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Meta Separates ‘Horizon Worlds’ from Quest, Going “almost exclusively mobile”

Meta announced it’s separating Horizon Worlds from the Quest platform, as the one-time social VR app is going “almost exclusively mobile” moving forward. “Our goal remains constant: to empower ...
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Meta backtracks on decision to end Horizon Worlds VR after fans speak up

Meta is now keeping Horizon Worlds available on its virtual reality headsets, after announcing a day earlier that it would be shut down. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said on Instagram on Wednesday that ...
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Forget the Dead-Eyed Cartoon—Meta Is Building a Photorealistic AI Clone of Zuckerberg

Three years after his Horizon Worlds avatar became a global meme, Zuckerberg is back at the avatar game, this time with a ...
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“We Will Keep Horizon Worlds” Reversal Reveals Meta’s 2026 Pivot, Here’s Why

We have decided, just today in fact, that we will keep Horizon Worlds working in VR,” the line landed on March 19 and set off ...
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Meta is bringing AI-powered NPCs to the metaverse

Meta is allowing developers to create LLM-powered NPCs for Horizon Worlds. (Meta) Developers building for Meta’s metaverse platform will soon be able to create AI-powered NPCs for Horizon Worlds. The ...