Meta's Major VR Strategy Shift Leaves ASUS And Lenovo In Limbo

A year and a half ago Meta made what felt like a big move at the time; the company made the operating system that powers its VR headsets available to other manufacturers. Horizon OS was supposedly going to open the doors for a more robust VR ecosystem, that included support for mobile apps. However, Road to VR is reporting that these plans have been “paused.”

Instead, Meta is looking to refocus on its own in-house offerings, with a spokesperson saying that “we have paused the program to focus on building the world-class first-party hardware and software needed to advance the VR market.” Although it does leave the door open to revisit partnerships in the future as the VR space continues to evolve.

This decision to pull back from this project likely leaves several of its partners in the lurch. When Horizon OS was announced there was some fanfare about Lenovo ...