• Tech News Meta 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.’ Link Share Gift Meta, after laying offabout 10 percent of its Reality Labs division,closing three VR studios,stopping new content for VR fitness appSupernatural, anddiscontinuing its metaverse for work, is announcing a major change for its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform. • Instead of attempting to make the 3D social platform work for bothVRandmobile, Meta is “explicitly separating” its “Quest VR platform from our Worlds platform” and “shifting the focus of Worlds to be almost exclusively mobile,” Samantha Ryan, Reality Labs’ VP of content,says in a blog post. • The new approach sets Meta up to better compete with platforms like Roblox andFortnite, which also offer user-generated experiences that can be played on your phone. • Horizon Worlds originally launched for VR, but “to truly change the game and tap into a much larger market, we’re going all-in on mobile.” “We’re in a strong position to deliver synchronous social games at scale, thanks to our unique ability to connect those games with billions of people on the world’s biggest social networks,” Ryan says. • “You saw this strategy start to unfold in 2025, and now, it’s our main focus.” As for VR software, Ryan says Meta is focusing on supporting third-party developers. • “While we’re proud of the world-class work from Oculus Studios over the years, among 1P and 3P apps, 86% of the effective time people spend in their VR headsets is with third-party apps.” But Meta is still planning to make VR hardware; “we have a robust roadmap of future VR headsets that will be tailored to different audience segments as the market grows and matures,” according to Ryan.

Article Summaries:

  • Meta is pivoting its Horizon Worlds metaverse away from virtual reality toward a mobile‑centric experience. After cutting 10 % of Reality Labs, closing three VR studios, and halting new content for its Supernatural fitness app, Meta announced that the Quest VR platform will be separated from Worlds, which will now focus almost exclusively on mobile play. The move aims to tap a larger user base and compete with Roblox and Fortnite. Meta will continue to support third‑party VR developers and plans future headset releases, while also exploring AI‑driven social content for its broader ecosystem.

Sources: