Meta has announced that its social virtual world, Horizon Worlds, will shift toward a mobile-first experience, loosening its ties to the Quest virtual reality headset line. The decision, confirmed ...

It launched Horizon Worlds, a VR metaverse that people could explore and create worlds in. It looked bad and wasn’t great, but it was supposedly the future. Five years later, Meta’s metaverse is ...

Meta (META) is reportedly cutting at least 10% of its metaverse staff as it continues to shift resources to developing artificial intelligence capabilities, according to sources cited by The New York ...

The first Big Tech layoffs of 2026 have happened. This week, Facebook owner Meta Platforms informed employees that up to 1,500 positions in its Reality Labs division would be eliminated. Here’s what ...

Meta's Horizon Worlds pivots to mobile focus, scaling back VR efforts. This strategic shift positions it against platforms like Roblox and Fortnite.

Meta has laid off employees in its Reality Labs division that is tasked with developing virtual reality, augmented reality and related wearable devices. The cuts affected an unspecified number of ...

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Xbox itself may have swerved virtual reality, but its previously-announced partnership with Meta VR seems to be on the horizon. A now-deleted thread on X (formerly Twitter) shared images of the ...

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Meta announced a major update for its immersive virtual world, Horizon Worlds, on Thursday that will see it leave the metaverse behind. The tech giant said it’s shifting focus for Horizon Worlds to be ...

Meta is reportedly working on a new pair of mixed-reality glasses in a bid to upset the Apple Vision Pro’s dominance in the augmented-reality wearable market. Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta Platforms is ...