Meta pauses third-party Horizon VR headsets program

Published: 1 day ago (December 17, 2025 at 04:24 PM EST)

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Source: The Verge

Meta pauses VR OS licensing program

Meta has “paused” its program to license its VR operating system to other hardware companies so they could build their own headsets using the platform, as reported by Road to VR.
With the program, announced in April 2024, Meta announced that it would be licensing the Quest OS headset – which, at th…

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