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From the article: > By March 31, 2026, Horizon Worlds and Events will no longer appear in the Store on Quest. Also, Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju, and B
by robot_jesus 7mo ago
From the article:
> By March 31, 2026, Horizon Worlds and Events will no longer appear in the Store on Quest. Also, Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju, and Bobber Bay worlds will no longer be available in VR. You can still jump into your other favorite worlds in VR until June 15, 2026, after which the Horizon Worlds app will be removed from Quest, and Worlds will no longer be available in VR.
- LorenDB 7mo agoBut Horizon Worlds will continue to be available on mobile, so it's just the Quest ecosystem losing access in favor of a phone-first platform.
- gcr 7mo agoA phone-first VR platform?
- drivebyhooting 7mo agoPhone-only The writing has been on the wall for a long time. Very few people want to buy a separate cumbersome face hugger device.
- SchemaLoad 7mo agoI don't think that's entirely it, they don't want the product facebook is selling. VR Chat is massively more popular than Facebooks offerings. Though Facebook had impossible goals, they didn't want to make a gaming device, they wanted to make the next smartphone, that everyday people and office workers would use. Which was just unrealistic.
- wolvoleo 7mo agoVRChat is just plain better. It doesn't look like a Nintendo 64 game and it doesn't have the rubber tile children-first moderation constantly looking over your shoulder. It's more gritty like adults want.
- cubefox 7mo agoIn Snow Crash, the Metaverse was using VR. But it could also have worked via a smartphone. They are independent.
- malfist 7mo agoDang, that's fast. 13 days to market place removal, 90 days until complete shutdown.