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 ...

The metaverse failed without a rulebook

The keynote featured a bonkers video of Zuckerberg jumping between various CGI-rendered depictions of the metaverse in ...

Meta to Shut Down Horizon Worlds on Quest, Signaling Metaverse Retreat

Meta‘s metaverse ambitions are hitting a crossroads. In a move that marks a dramatic shift in strategy, the tech giant is ...

Meta to shutter Horizon Worlds metaverse on VR in favor of mobile

Meta Platforms will shut down its Horizon Worlds metaverse for virtual reality users in June, pivoting to a mobile-only ...
Facebook on MSN

Metaverse meltdown! Meta axes Horizon Worlds, $80 billion dream goes up in smoke.

You remember it, don't you? The bold declaration that echoed across the globe in 2021. Mark Zuckerberg, standing on a digital ...
Forbes

Requiem For The Metaverse — How It Went From The Next Thing To Nothing

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Cortney is an expert in smartglasses, VR, AI, and the future of work. Just under three years later, Bloomberg is reporting that ...
Engadget

Meta's metaverse is going mobile-first

Meta is formally sectioning off Horizon Worlds, the closest thing it has to a metaverse, from its Quest VR platform, according to a new blog post from Samantha Ryan, Meta's VP of Content, Reality Labs ...
Fast Company

What was the metaverse?

At the heart of the metaverse derangement was the persistent inflation of its definition. McKinsey & Company proclaimed in June 2022 that the metaverse could generate “up to $5 trillion in impact by ...