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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all

TechnologyMarch 19, 2026
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Meta decides not to kill Horizon Worlds VR after all
VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.

The dream of the metaverse may have died for now, but Meta has decided it's not completely giving up on the VR experience in Horizon Worlds, the virtual worlds service that it originally envisioned as the first step toward said metaverse.

The news was announced via the Instagram account of Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth. "We have decided, just today in fact, that we will keep Horizon Worlds working in VR," said Bosworth in an AMA on the platform in response to someone who expressed disappointment at the previously announced plan to end support.

He went on to clarify that only games and experiences that already support VR will continue to do so, while new games will be exclusive to mobile, and the majority of the team's development focus will be on mobile instead of VR.

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