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Xbox brings starter edition of Game Pass to Meta Horizon+: Players can access over 50 Game Pass titles and more than 100 VR games through Meta's subscription ...
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The Metaverse and its ghost towns: Why social VR apps are having such a hard time
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End of the Metaverse: Farewell to the digital utopia: In June, Meta, the Facebook and Instagram group, will shut down its virtual reality platform "Horizon ...
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«Horizon Worlds» is being shut down: Failure of the Metaverse explained: Mark Zuckerberg predicted that the future of shopping and mobile working lay in virtual ...
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OpinionThe $70 Billion Delusion: Why Zuckerberg's Metaverse Was Dead on Arrival: Meta spent billions of dollars on a VR playground with the goal of becoming the new way ...
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OpinionCommentary: Metaverse was yesterday, now comes Meta-Vision: Meta has revamped its Horizon OS, dropping the unpopular Horizon Worlds. Instead ...
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Meet the Oddballs Devastated by the End of the Metaverse’s Horizon Worlds: They built their lives there, then Zuckerberg pulled the plug. VICE spoke to those in ...
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The Metaverse Myth: Why Meta's VR Empire Was Doomed From Day One: Despite billions spent and years of hype, Horizon Worlds never caught on—proving that money ...
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all: VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.
arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/03/at-the-last-minute-meta-decides-not-to-kill-horizon-worlds-vr-after-all/
Meta's Metaverse App for VR Is Staying Open, Barely: Meta's Horizon Worlds will be available on Quest headsets for a while after all, after originally aiming for ...
cnet.com/tech/computing/metas-metaverse-is-fading-away-from-vr/
Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest: Meta’s flailing virtual reality social experience is being discontinued in June. It's part of Meta’s broader ...
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Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse failed. But what if it hadn't?: Instead of hanging out with no legs, we're stuck with in AI slop purgatory.
businessinsider.com/meta-metaverse-dying-horizon-worlds-ai-2026-3
Meta U-turns on Horizon Worlds VR shutdown after user backlash: Meta has reversed its decision to pull the plug on Horizon Worlds in VR after backlash ...
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Key FactsMeta Maintains VR Support for Horizon Worlds Games
Mar 20, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: mashable.com
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: mashable.com
- Meta initially planned to discontinue Horizon Worlds VR access after June 15 but reversed the decision to keep existing VR games available.
- No new VR games will be released, with development efforts prioritizing the mobile version of Horizon Worlds.
- Meta’s focus on mobile stems from where most users and creators currently engage with the platform.
- The company reduced investment in VR after Reality Labs lost over $70 billion since 2021 and cut more than 1,000 jobs.
The future is here, it is just not evenly distributed.— Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth in an Instagram Story responding to Meta users' questions (as cited by Mashable).
Facebook group Meta wants to discontinue service - | Users protest: Facebook group Meta has changed its plans to shut down the 3D version of Horizon Worlds after ...
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Meta Quest VR Headset Users to Lose Access to Horizon Worlds, Legs and All: Soon, you won't be able to access Meta's flagship metaverse experience on ...
gizmodo.com/meta-quest-vr-headset-users-to-lose-access-to-horizon-worlds-legs-and-all-2000734894
Horizon before 9: Eight things you should know this morning: Spiegel's new head of strategy, the biggest advertisers in February, Meta shuts down Horizon ...
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Meta’s Virtual Reality App Ditching VR To Make A Roblox Clone: Facebook really hopes your kids will play Grow A Garden via its terrible phone-based metaverse
kotaku.com/metas-virtual-reality-app-ditching-vr-to-make-a-roblox-clone-2000671434
Emerging technology trends brands and agencies need to know about: GEO startup Profound’s $1 billion valuation (and how competitors reacted) ...
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Meta’s metaverse leaves virtual reality: Meta said it's shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be "almost exclusively mobile" and that it will ...
techcrunch.com/2026/02/20/meta-metaverse-leaves-vr-horizon-worlds-mobile/
Meta "shifts focus" of Horizon Worlds platform from Quest VR to mobile: "To tap into a much larger market, we’re going all-in on mobile," says Reality Labs VP of ...
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PocketGamer.biz Feb 20
Meta splits Quest and Horizon Worlds as it pivots the social sandbox app toward mobile
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roadtovr.com Jan 27
Meta CTO: Metaverse Efforts Led to a “lack of focus” on Quest “at expense of user experience”
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Meta is discontinuing Horizon Workrooms as a stand-alone app: Meta said it's shutting down Workrooms in February, deleting user data as Reality Labs faces ...
businessinsider.com/meta-closing-vr-horizon-workplace-app-reality-labs-layoffs-2026-1
Meta is reportedly slashing another 1,500 jobs, and it looks pretty bad for Meta Quest exclusives
androidcentral.com/gaming/virtual-reality/reality-labs-january-2026-rumored-cuts
Zuckerberg Basically Giving Up on Metaverse After Renaming Entire Company “Meta”: Meta executives are eying gigantic budget cuts for the teams responsible for ...
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Meta reportedly plans to slash Metaverse budget by up to 30%: The proposal reflects the overall lack of interest in products like Meta's social virtual ...
techcrunch.com/2025/12/04/meta-reportedly-plans-to-slash-metaverse-budget-by-up-to-30/
Key FactsPost-Resignation Challenges for UK Budget Office
Dec 2, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.co.uk
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: bbc.co.uk
- Richard Hughes resigned abruptly following an accidental early release of Budget information.
- Rachel Reeves faces the task of appointing an independent and reputable economist to lead the OBR.
- Political pressures risk undermining the OBR's independence, potentially affecting market trust and borrowing costs.
- Despite procedural changes, the OBR will continue to produce biannual forecasts, with government responses limited to once yearly.
The powers given to us are those given to us by Parliament in an Act of Parliament, and that's to produce a forecast. Chancellors set their own targets. They set their own policies.— Richard Hughes discussing the independence and responsibilities of the OBR.
Zuckerberg Basically Giving Up on Metaverse After Renaming Entire Company “Meta”: Meta executives are eying gigantic budget cuts for the teams responsible for ...
futurism.com/future-society/zuckerberg-metaverse-cuts
Meta plans budget cuts for Reality Labs group as it doubles down on AI: Meta plans Reality Labs budget cuts up to 30%, weighing job cuts amid metaverse losses ...
businessinsider.com/meta-job-cuts-metaverse-reality-labs-ai-2025-12
Meta Hyperscape: Photorealistic 3D scans now with multiplayer function: Until now, it was only possible to visit your own hyperscans. Now Meta is introducing the ...
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Why Instagram is now putting games in DMs: Nach Malen kommt Spielen. Instagram optimiert die Direct Messages weiter und möchte jetzt sogar Games in DMs ...
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Meta's latest bid to get you into the metaverse is the Horizon Engine, promising 'infinite connected spaces, more realistic physics ...
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Missing link: Crisis in the VR industry? What German developers say: The largest and most important VR ecosystem is undergoing a profound change ...
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Meta is bringing AI-powered NPCs to the metaverse: Developers building for Meta's metaverse platform will soon be able to create AI-powered NPCs for Horizon ...
engadget.com/social-media/meta-is-bringing-ai-powered-npcs-to-the-metaverse-231605236.html
Meta Quest: New update spruces up the virtual home: Meta Quest will receive a completely new, more visually appealing home environment with additional features ...
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How an undercover content moderator polices the metaverse: “We can be the first line of defense.”
technologyreview.com/2023/04/28/1072393/undercover-content-moderator-polices-the-metaverse/
Remember Zuckerberg's Cherished Metaverse? Now He's Firing the People He Hired to Build It
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Meta earnings: Reality Labs faces scrutiny as losses and layoffs climb: Meta's Reality Labs faced layoffs and $4.2 billion in losses, raising questions about the ...
businessinsider.com/meta-q1-2025-earnings-reality-labs-layoffs-losses-2025-4
Remember Zuckerberg's Cherished Metaverse? Now He's Firing the People He Hired to Build It
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Remember Zuckerberg's Cherished Metaverse? Now He's Firing the People He Hired to Build It
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Meta hit with complaint to FTC over child safety in Horizon Worlds: Fairplay has lodged a complaint with the FTC against Meta, alleging that the tech giant ...
businessinsider.com/meta-horizon-worlds-child-safety-whistleblower-ftc-fairplay-2025-4
Zuckerberg's New Metaverse Ad Is So Bad That the People Who Created It Must Be Secretly Trying to Embarrass Him
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Zuckerberg's New Metaverse Ad Is So Bad That the People Who Created It Must Be Secretly Trying to Embarrass Him
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Zuckerberg's New Metaverse Ad Is So Bad That the People Who Created It Must Be Secretly Trying to Embarrass Him
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WIRED Nov 12 24
Meta Horizon Worlds Has Been Taken Over by Children: Lowered age restrictions and cheaper VR headsets have led to young kids hijacking the metaverse ...
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3 years after turning Facebook into Meta, Mark Zuckerberg's real win is AI: While Meta's metaverse dreams have yet to come true, the company's artificial ...
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WIRED Oct 07 24
Where Have All the Chief Metaverse Officers Gone?: The captains of industry that were going to pilot us through new virtual worlds are still around ...
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We're taking a closer look at Horizon Worlds. You'll be able to jump through portals to different spaces. The avatars also look far better than before ... Show more
Meta is giving its metaverse avatars a glow-up: Meta is overhauling its metaverse avatars, and you’ll be able to use them starting October 1st ...
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