Meta has “paused” its initiative to bring third-party Horizon OS headsets to the market. The company says it has shifted focus to “building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to ...

Meta says that it has paused its program to share Meta Horizon OS, the mixed reality operating system that powers its Quest headsets, with third-party device makers. The program was part of the ...

Meta is reportedly splitting its metaverse efforts into two divisions — one focused on Horizon OS and another on the Metaverse Product Group — as part of a major internal reorganization. Horizon OS is ...

Meta has slammed the brakes on its third-party VR headset scheme, effectively killing Horizon OS devices from Asus and Lenovo. The social media giant says it has merely “paused” the programme, but the ...

Last year, Meta introduced Horizon OS, its new branding for Meta Quest OS. The plan was to license Horizon OS to hardware partners, with ASUS and Lenovo initially confirmed as two. Meta now says those ...

The move reflects Meta’s strategy to prioritise scale through mobile rather than niche VR social adoption Reality Labs is “right-sizing” spending while continuing to back VR hardware development The ...

Meta reversed its Horizon Worlds VR shutdown just one day later, but mounting losses suggest the metaverse is already over.

Mobile-only worlds expanded from 0 to 2,000+ in a single year. Four creators surpassed $1m in lifetime revenue on Worlds. Nearly 100 creators earned six-figure sums in 2025. Meta is reshaping its ...