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But 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.
by LorenDB 7mo ago
But 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.