Meta Discontinues Horizon Worlds on VR Headsets, Mobile Version to Persist
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Meta to Shut Down Horizon Worlds VR, Shifts Focus to Mobile Experience
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CNBC TV18•19-03-2026, 13:47
Meta to Shut Down Horizon Worlds VR, Shifts Focus to Mobile Experience
•Meta will discontinue the VR version of Horizon Worlds on June 15, 2026, but it will continue as a mobile-only experience.
•Horizon Worlds and Horizon Events will be removed from the Quest Store on March 31, along with popular VR spaces.
•The strategic shift aims for greater focus on mobile, following significant losses and job cuts in Meta's Reality Labs division.
•The platform reportedly attracted only a few hundred thousand monthly active users, falling short of expectations despite billions in investment.
•Meta's VP of content, Samantha Ryan, stated the shift is to deliver synchronous social games at scale by connecting them with billions on social networks.
