Meta has hit the brakes on its plans to open up the operating system that powers its Quest headsets to third-party manufacturers. First announced last year alongside the Horizon OS rebrand, the ...

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’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 ...

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 ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta a few years ago, the idea was that the VR metaverse would become a huge pillar for the company. I think we can safely say that's not going to happen. On its ...

Meta will remove Horizon Worlds from its Quest VR headsets in 2026, shifting the social platform to mobile amid declining engagement and financial pressure. The move underscores broader challenges for ...

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 ...

Meta is overhauling its Horizon Worlds virtual reality app to include more video games as the social platform struggles to find a big audience. Stream San Diego News for free, 24/7, wherever you are ...

Meta will discontinue the VR version of Horizon Worlds, removing it from the Quest store before fully shutting it down. The platform, once central to Meta’s metaverse ambitions, will live on as a ...

Meta just released a few new generative AI features for its Horizon Worlds desktop editor, which the company says will streamline the development of user-generated environments on its metaverse ...