Gate News: On March 18, Meta announced that starting June 15, users will no longer be able to create, publish, or update virtual reality worlds on Meta Quest headsets, nor access Meta Horizon Worlds through Quest headsets. The virtual world feature will continue to be available on the Meta Horizon mobile app. A Meta spokesperson cited a blog post from February of this year, which mentioned that the company is shifting its focus of Worlds to “almost entirely mobile-based.” Earlier in January, Meta laid off approximately 1,000 positions from its Reality Labs division and shut down some virtual reality games and content studios. Reality Labs head and CTO Andrew Bosworth stated in an internal memo that Meta will mainly focus on mobile experiences rather than immersive virtual worlds accessed through headsets. This move indicates a strategic shift away from the previously promoted metaverse strategy, with Reality Labs reallocating resources from VR gaming toward AI-driven wearable products, including Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses.
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