Meta just u-turned on the best VR announcement it ever made — and might have handed the win to Android XR

• Meta has confirmed its third-party VR partnerships are “paused”
• That means we won’t see Horizon OS headsets from Asus or Lenovo
• Instead, Meta is focusing on first-party hardware and software

After a year and a half of waiting, we finally know where Meta’s third-party Horizon OS headsets are: in the trash. The Asus and Lenovo headsets could perhaps launch under another partnership, but Meta’s Horizon OS rollout has been “paused” according to a statement from the company.

This is according to reporting from Road to VR, which received a statement from Meta saying, “We have paused the program to focus on building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market.”

The news is as disappointing as it is expected.