Meta's VR Metaverse takes one more step into the grave

When Facebook changed its name to Meta a few years ago, the idea was that the VR metaverse would become a huge pillar for the ...

Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial ...

Meta is killing off the metaverse as it pivots to AI

The shutdown of Horizon Worlds is the clearest signal yet that the metaverse pivot has been quietly unwound as AI takes ...
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Mark Zuckerberg shuts down Metaverse, ex-employee says management was out of touch with reality

Meta is scaling back its plans for a metaverse. The Mark Zuckerberg-led firm has announced that the company will be shutting ...
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Meta exits metaverse, shuts down Horizon Worlds

Meta has decided to discontinue support for its metaverse, a 3D virtual space, app ‘Horizon Worlds’. This marks the company’s ...
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Mark Zuckerberg scales down Metaverse ambitions, ends VR app after major layoffs, $80 billion in losses

The decision effectively ends the role of Horizon Worlds as a dedicated VR social destination, where users interacted via ...

Mark Zuckerberg scales back metaverse dreams after $80 billion in losses

Mark Zuckerberg and Meta are scaling back their metaverse ambitions after accumulating over $80 billion in losses ...

Meta will end Horizon Worlds VR access in June as the metaverse dream keeps fading

Meta announced in February that it was making Horizon Worlds, its first attempt at creating a shared immersive VR world that ...

Meta Spent Years Chasing the Metaverse, but Now It’s Making a Big Pivot. Here Are 5 Leadership Lessons Behind That Shift

After betting heavily on the metaverse—and spending billions building it—Meta recently pivoted. Here are leadership lessons ...
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Mark Zuckerberg rebranded Facebook for the metaverse. Four years and $70 billion in losses later, he’s moving on

In 2021, Mark Zuckerberg recast Facebook as Meta and declared the metaverse—a digital realm where people would work, socialize, and spend much of their lives—the company’s next great frontier. He ...