TechnologyMeta announced it was killing Horizon Worlds in VR, reversed course 48 hours later, and accidentally wrote the eulogy for a $80 billion bet on virtual reality. Here's what went wrong — and what VR actually needs to survive.
TechnologyMeta is shutting down the VR version of Horizon Worlds on June 15, 2026. After billions in losses, mass layoffs at Reality Labs, and a pivot to AI, the company that literally renamed itself for the metaverse is quietly walking away from it.
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