Meta reverses course, will keep metaverse partially VR after all

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well.

Head-mounted VR hardware will never happen, says Neal Stephenson - who coined the term ‘metaverse’

Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and ...
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Meta’s VR metaverse shutting down: Here’s why it was doomed from the start

Goodbye!

Meta isn't shutting down its VR metaverse after all

Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon ...

Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave

RIP Horizon Worlds VR.

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 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 ...
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Mark Zuckerberg's Metaverse Stumbles as Horizon Worlds Cuts VR Support

Horizon Worlds was supposed to help make virtual reality mainstream. But now Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is scaling down the app's ...

Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR ‘for the Foreseeable Future’

A day after saying it would shut down its metaverse, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced the service will remain available in ...

Meta Has Announced the End of the Metaverse, and I'm a Little Sad

Turns out Zuck's Metaverse really didn't have legs.

Meta After Killing the Metaverse: ‘Just Kidding’

Meta knows it can’t fully abandon VR, even if the hype surrounding the metaverse and its Horizon Worlds virtual environment has withered to a shallow husk of its initial promise. Just two days after ...

Meta is actually keeping its VR metaverse running, for now

He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme. Meta is reversing its plans to shut down its VR metaverse — sort of. On Monday, the company announced that it would be shutting down the ...