Meta backtracks Horizon Worlds shutdown, keeps VR metaverse alive for now
TL;DR
Meta has reversed its plan to shut down Horizon Worlds in VR, saying it will keep the Horizon Worlds VR app running for the foreseeable future to support existing games, while continuing to invest in two more generations of VR headsets and broadly framing the metaverse beyond VR.
- Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all Engadget
- The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse The New York Times
- Opinion | Remember the metaverse? The Washington Post
- Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest WIRED
- Almost 5 years after CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it 'the next frontier' for the company, Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds; says: We are separating ... The Times of India
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