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Meta To Shut Down Horizon Worlds Virtual Reality Platform By June
Meta will discontinue Horizon Worlds VR on June 15, 2026, shifting focus to mobile and AI amid low VR user numbers and heavy losses.
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Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web
Meta is looking to expand experience of the metaverse to more people. Its 3D avatar-based metaverse platform called Horizon Worlds will now be accessible via smartphones and desktops. For now, Horizon World’s rollout to smartphones and desktop is gradual.
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Meta Lowers Minimum Age for Quest Headsets Users From 13 Years to 10 Years
Meta is lowering the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years to 10 years. Preteens will be required to get their parent’s approval to set up an account and download apps onto the virtual reality headsets.
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Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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Meta Working to Speed Up the Metaverse: Why Success Is Far From Certain for the Social Media Giant
Meta made several announcements at its Meta Connect annual event this week, aside from the launch of the next-generation Meta Quest Pro VR headset. The company is working hard to speed up the metaverse, by offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear on the platform. It has also teamed up with Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and o...
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Inside A Meta Virtual Reality Meeting: Floating, Legless Avatars Of You
Meta hosted a developer conference on its virtual reality Horizon Worlds app, which it said will soon be stuffed with corporate productivity offerings from Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and Zoom.
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Facebook to Roll Out Major Updates to Horizon Worlds; More Details at Connect Event: Mark Zuckerberg
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has shared online that the company will be releasing major updates to the Horizon Worlds and its avatar graphics soon. The announcement comes days after the company launched the Horizon Worlds in France and Spain. Zuckerberg called the previously shared avatar “pretty basic”.
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Meta Working on a Web Version of Horizon Worlds Metaverse Platform
Meta is working on a Web version of its Horizon Worlds social metaverse platform, CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth revealed on Twitter. The new version will help expand the platform that currently works only with Quest VR headsets.
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Meta to Charge Creators 47.6 Percent On Digital Asset Sales Made in Horizon Worlds
Meta has announced that it will charge metaverse creators around 47.5 percent on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside Horizon Worlds.
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Meta Begins Testing Sale of Virtual Goods in Horizon Worlds, Bonus Programme for Creators
Meta is starting to test tools for selling digital assets within its virtual reality social platform Horizon Worlds. The tools will be available initially to select users. The social media company is also bringing a Horizon Worlds Creator Bonus program for select Horizon Worlds users in the United States, through which it would pay participants for...
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Facebook-Parent Meta Lays Out Moves Being Made to Build the Metaverse
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked up his company's efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook parent's future.
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Meta Adds 'Personal Boundary' Feature to Horizon After Reports of Virtual World Sexual Harassment
Meta introduced a new ‘personal boundary’ on Friday after reports of sexual harassment in the Horizon Worlds metaverse raised questions about the VR experience.
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Meta To Shut Down Horizon Worlds Virtual Reality Platform By June
Meta will discontinue Horizon Worlds VR on June 15, 2026, shifting focus to mobile and AI amid low VR user numbers and heavy losses.
-
Mark Zuckerberg Expands Meta Horizon Worlds From VR Headsets to Smartphones and Web
Meta is looking to expand experience of the metaverse to more people. Its 3D avatar-based metaverse platform called Horizon Worlds will now be accessible via smartphones and desktops. For now, Horizon World’s rollout to smartphones and desktop is gradual.
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Meta Lowers Minimum Age for Quest Headsets Users From 13 Years to 10 Years
Meta is lowering the minimum age for its virtual reality headsets from 13 years to 10 years. Preteens will be required to get their parent’s approval to set up an account and download apps onto the virtual reality headsets.
-
Is the Metaverse Really the Future of Work?
Meta's vision of the metaverse includes people using the company's wearable technology for work, in addition to the company's main metaverse product, a virtual reality playground called Horizon Worlds. The Facebook parent firm is also working with Microsoft to make available virtual versions of the latter's business software, such as Office and Tea...
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Meta Working to Speed Up the Metaverse: Why Success Is Far From Certain for the Social Media Giant
Meta made several announcements at its Meta Connect annual event this week, aside from the launch of the next-generation Meta Quest Pro VR headset. The company is working hard to speed up the metaverse, by offering users new features and promoting new virtual reality gear on the platform. It has also teamed up with Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and o...
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Inside A Meta Virtual Reality Meeting: Floating, Legless Avatars Of You
Meta hosted a developer conference on its virtual reality Horizon Worlds app, which it said will soon be stuffed with corporate productivity offerings from Microsoft, Adobe, Accenture and Zoom.
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Facebook to Roll Out Major Updates to Horizon Worlds; More Details at Connect Event: Mark Zuckerberg
Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg has shared online that the company will be releasing major updates to the Horizon Worlds and its avatar graphics soon. The announcement comes days after the company launched the Horizon Worlds in France and Spain. Zuckerberg called the previously shared avatar “pretty basic”.
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Meta Working on a Web Version of Horizon Worlds Metaverse Platform
Meta is working on a Web version of its Horizon Worlds social metaverse platform, CTO Andrew 'Boz' Bosworth revealed on Twitter. The new version will help expand the platform that currently works only with Quest VR headsets.
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Meta to Charge Creators 47.6 Percent On Digital Asset Sales Made in Horizon Worlds
Meta has announced that it will charge metaverse creators around 47.5 percent on sales of digital assets and experiences made inside Horizon Worlds.
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Meta Begins Testing Sale of Virtual Goods in Horizon Worlds, Bonus Programme for Creators
Meta is starting to test tools for selling digital assets within its virtual reality social platform Horizon Worlds. The tools will be available initially to select users. The social media company is also bringing a Horizon Worlds Creator Bonus program for select Horizon Worlds users in the United States, through which it would pay participants for...
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Facebook-Parent Meta Lays Out Moves Being Made to Build the Metaverse
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg talked up his company's efforts to build the metaverse, an immersive virtual world he has billed as the Facebook parent's future.
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Meta Adds 'Personal Boundary' Feature to Horizon After Reports of Virtual World Sexual Harassment
Meta introduced a new ‘personal boundary’ on Friday after reports of sexual harassment in the Horizon Worlds metaverse raised questions about the VR experience.
