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February 20, 2026
Meta’s VR metaverse is ditching VR
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TL;DR
- Meta is shifting Horizon Worlds to be almost exclusively a mobile platform.
- This move aims to compete with user-generated content platforms like Roblox and Fortnite.
- Meta is stopping new content for its VR fitness app Supernatural and discontinuing its metaverse for work.
- The company is focusing VR software development on supporting third-party applications.
- Meta plans to continue developing VR hardware with a roadmap of future headsets.
- Meta's CEO sees AI as the next major trend, potentially integrating AI-generated games into Horizon Worlds.
- Samantha Ryan, VP of content for Reality Labs, announced the changes in a blog post.
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