CNET

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 a June 15 hard shutdown. But it won't support anything new. I started with CNET reviewing ...
Mashable

Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave

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 ...
CNET

Meta's Pivot From VR Is Happening. Too Bad Glasses Aren't Ready for This Moment

Commentary: Meta's pushing its metaverse platform almost entirely to phones. It's the latest sign of a massive shift in the company's focus. I started with CNET reviewing laptops in 2009. Now I ...
Forbes

Meta Quest 3’s Flagship App Is Ditching The VR Headset

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. Meta has announced Horizon Worlds will be “almost exclusively mobile” in the future, ...
Ars Technica

Meta’s flagship metaverse service leaves VR behind

Meta announced today that it will divorce its Horizon Worlds social and gaming service—once promoted as the company’s first major step into the metaverse—from its Quest VR headset platform and digital ...
The Verge

Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR

Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that’s ‘almost exclusively mobile.’ Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that’s ‘almost exclusively mobile.’ is a senior reporter covering ...
Kotaku

Meta’s Virtual Reality App Ditching VR To Make A Roblox Clone

In 2021, Facebook became Meta and the company claimed its focus would be to “bring the metaverse to life.” It launched Horizon Worlds, a VR metaverse that people could explore and create worlds in. It ...
Gizmodo

It’s Time to Admit Working in VR Has Been One Big Failure

As I sit here and type these words, I can’t help but think of the Meta Quest Pro. According to Meta, I was supposed to be doing all of what I’m doing right now in a VR headset, not on a tired old ...
Engadget

Nintendo’s Virtual Boy accessory lets you play VR Mario and Zelda on Switch 2

The forthcoming Nintendo Virtual Boy accessory for Switch and Switch 2 can play VR-supported games, as reported by Video Games Chronicle. There are four available games to play, including Super Mario ...
Road to VR

‘Star Citizen’ VR Support Isn’t Prime Time Yet, But It’s Getting There

Cloud Imperium Games (CIG) added experimental PC VR support to Star Citizen late last year, taking a first step in fulfilling a more than decade-old promise. Things are getting increasingly serious ...
TechCrunch

Meta burned $19 billion on VR last year, and 2026 won’t be any better

Earlier this month, Meta laid off 10% of the staff for Reality Labs, its virtual reality unit, reportedly cutting as many as 1,000 employees. Now, in a development that seems directly related, the ...