Meta Will Keep Horizon Worlds Alive in VR ‘for the Foreseeable Future’

A day after saying it would shut down its metaverse, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced the service will remain available in VR—with limited support.

One day after Meta announced it was shutting down Horizon Worlds in virtual reality, the company’s Chief Technology Officer, Andrew Bosworth, announced that it’s reversing course.

“I have a little bit of good news for you here,” Bosworth said in a video AMA on Instagram. “We have decided, just today in fact, that we will keep Horizon Worlds working in VR for existing games, to support the fans who reached out.”

Meta initially sent an email to Horizon Worlds users on Tuesday saying it would end Horizon Worlds in VR on June 15 but keep the platform afloat on mobile. The move came after Meta’s announcement in February that it is shifting investments away from its metaverse and VR efforts and laying ...