Meta is now keeping Horizon Worlds available on its virtual reality headsets, after announcing a day earlier that it would be shut down. Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth said on Instagram on Wednesday that existing games will remain available "for the foerseeable future.
Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds, the company's virtual reality social network, on June 15. The platform, originally designed for Quest VR headsets, will still be available on a mobile app.
Meta Quest virtual reality (VR) headsets will no longer be able to access the Horizon Worlds app, and Horizon Worlds will no longer be available in VR, after June 15.
Meta has announced a major update for its immersive virtual world, Horizon Worlds, on Thursday that will see it leave the metaverse behind. The tech giant said it's shifting focus for Horizons Worlds to be “almost exclusively mobile” and that it's “explicitly separating” its Quest VR platform from the virtual world.
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Nonprofit Fairplay filed an FTC complaint against Meta over its Horizon Worlds platform. In the complaint, a Meta whistleblower alleged execs knew underage children were on the virtual platform.
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Meta is now letting preteens with parent-managed accounts explore different experiences in its online virtual reality (VR) platform, Horizon Worlds, with certain restrictions in place.