UPDATE (March 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m. PT): Apparently, Meta is not separating the VR element from Horizon Worlds after all. In an Instagram Q&A, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth spoke to a concerned fan of ...

Meta is shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds this June as it moves to a mobile-only platform. The online multiplayer will be removed from the Quest VR store by March 31, 2026. Worlds like ...

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’s flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It's part of Meta’s broader moves to slim down the business that became its namesake. The move comes after Meta made ...

According to an Instagram post from Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth, Meta is not shutting down VR support for Horizon Worlds after all, which should come as a huge relief to, like, five people. “We have ...

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 ...

Following the downsizing of its Reality Labs division, Meta has announced plans to cut off its immersive Horizon Worlds social gaming platform from the company’s Quest virtual-reality headsets, ...

The tech giant says it's still committed to VR ...

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 ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

Meta chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg has been a critic of Apple Inc's app store fees of 30%, but Meta's latest move ...