If you’ve been waiting for Meta to double down on social VR, the message is clear: the company is pulling back. As of June 15, 2026, the Horizon Worlds app will be removed from Quest headsets entirely ...

In December of last year, apparent budget cuts at Meta’s reality labs division looked ominous for Meta’s metaverse platform, Horizon Worlds, and my Gizmodo colleague James Pero dared to suggest that ...

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 ...

Meta‘s metaverse ambitions are hitting a crossroads. In a move that marks a dramatic shift in strategy, the tech giant is shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds on Quest. Once hailed as the ...

Mark Zuckerberg's Meta is dropping VR support for its flagship metaverse world, which it launched in 2021 as part of the company's big gamble on virtual worlds. Meta Platforms will shut down its ...

Last month, Meta announced Horizon Worlds was going “almost exclusively mobile”, which included removing Worlds suggestions and generally deemphasizing the immersive social platform on Quest. Now, the ...

Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the company's virtual reality social network, on June 15. The platform, originally designed for Quest VR headsets, will still be available on a mobile app. The ...

Meta announced a major update for its immersive virtual world, Horizon Worlds, on Thursday that will see it leave the metaverse behind. The tech giant said it’s shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be ...