Meta has pulled a 180 on its flagship metaverse app. On Tuesday, the company announced the date it planned to shut down virtual hangspace Horizon Worlds. Then late yesterday, the company announced it will actually keep Worlds open to VR users “for the foreseeable future.” In an Instagram story, Meta’s CTO Andrew Bosworth said, “We decided, just today in fact, that we will keep Horizon Worlds working in VR for existing games, to support the fans who have reached out.”
According to Bosworth, Meta won’t be working on any new VR games within Worlds, but the current content will still be around for VR users. “People who already have games they like, that they’re using in Horizon Worlds, will be able to download the Horizon Worlds app and use it in VR for the foreseeable future,” Bosworth said.
While Worlds will remain open to VR users, Meta is focusing on mobile users.
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