Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR

Source: The Verge

Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR

Meta, after laying off about 10 percent of its Reality Labs division, closing three VR studios, stopping new content for the VR fitness app Supernatural, and discontinuing its metaverse for work, is announcing a major change for its Horizon Worlds platform.

Instead of attempting to make the 3D social platform work for both VR and mobile, Meta is explicitly separating its Quest VR platform from the Worlds platform and shifting the focus of Worlds to be almost exclusively mobile, according to Samantha Ryan, Reality Labs’ VP of content, in a blog post.

The new approach positions Meta to better compete with platforms like Roblox and Fortnite.

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