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Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by LorenDB »

robot_jesus wrote: post #23
drivebyhooting wrote: post #16

When will horizon worlds be axed entirely? It has something like fewer than 10,000 active users at any given time.

From the article: > By March 31, 2026, Horizon Worlds and Events will no longer appear in the Store on Quest. Also, Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju, and Bobber Bay worlds will no longer be available in VR. You can still jump into your other favorite worlds in VR until June 15, 2026, after which the Horizon Worlds app will be removed from Quest, and Worlds will no longer be available in VR.

But Horizon Worlds will continue to be available on mobile, so it's just the Quest ecosystem losing access in favor of a phone-first platform.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by xd1936 »

kemotep wrote: post #26
xd1936 wrote: post #4

Unbelievable. They re-architected the whole operating system around this stupid app. They discontinued their previous homescreen environments in favor of trying to promote Horizon Worlds, only to discontinue the blasted thing anyway? After all of those millions of dollars spent trying to make virtual events happen?

Billions. Facebook has spent billions and billions over the past decade in VR. Starting with the Oculus merger and then in 2021 with the rebrand. 10 billion a year supposedly for the past 5 years now.

I meant hundreds of millions on Horizon Worlds specifically. Virtual concerts and the like. Big "Hello Fellow Kids" energy.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by ed_elliott_asc »

bhouston wrote: post #9
tyleo wrote: post #2

Interesting, cutting way back in the product they renamed the whole company for. They feel a bit directionless to me. They are still making money but even their AI attempt feels half hearted. I think they are really trying but I’m not sure they can build the engineering muscle to move in new areas with the brand damage they’ve sustained.

> Interesting, cutting way back in the product they renamed the whole company for. It was clearly the wrong bet. He pumped something like $100B into the endeavour (Meta Quest / VR / Horizons) and it is just slowly dying as we speak. He has to give up on it, although I am sure it will be called a "pivot" into AR glasses.

There are some really good ar glasses for a couple of hundred dollars, I think they are going to end up really cheap and not the 100 billion investment that facebook needs.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by Eufrat »

sergiotapia wrote: post #15

The quest is such a beautiful device. I hope they continue to work on it and release new versions. VR is so good and still in it's infancy.

> VR is so good and still in it's infancy.

I believe 30% of the population cannot use VR in any way shape or form because your inner ear has decided the floor is the only place you can be.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by Raed667 »

kemotep wrote: post #26
xd1936 wrote: post #4

Unbelievable. They re-architected the whole operating system around this stupid app. They discontinued their previous homescreen environments in favor of trying to promote Horizon Worlds, only to discontinue the blasted thing anyway? After all of those millions of dollars spent trying to make virtual events happen?

Billions. Facebook has spent billions and billions over the past decade in VR. Starting with the Oculus merger and then in 2021 with the rebrand. 10 billion a year supposedly for the past 5 years now.

I kept saying to myself, they must be seeing something I'm not... I guess not

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by robot_jesus »

sergiotapia wrote: post #15

The quest is such a beautiful device. I hope they continue to work on it and release new versions. VR is so good and still in it's infancy.

I have to agree. Is it perfect? Hell no. Is it an insane value for the $250 I paid for my Quest 3s last year at Target? Hell yes.

My kids and I use our two headsets a lot. Sure, it's not a daily driver for workflows, but the uniqueness of many of the game experiences just can't be replicated on desktops/consoles.

It's a damn shame because Facebook bought up Oculus, poured gasoline on a fire by pumping $100B dollars in and now seems set to walk away because it didn't make a $100B + 1 dollars.

In its current state, it was never going to be a replacement for PCs or phone experiences. It's just a different lane all together. But Beat Saber, or Walkabout mini golf, or the I Expect You to Die series are insanely fun and unique. I'll be sad if they fold the quest down entirely, but I hope that Valve or others take up the banner. VR doesn't have to be a $100B industry to be viable, especially in its infancy.

Meanwhile, Apple tosses a $3,500 headset onto the market and then is surprised that it's treated as a novelty. Why is it so hard for these companies to get their strategies right? Maybe it's because it's not a product suited (today, at least) for two of the largest companies on earth to focus on. These are moonshot companies who make products that half of the globe uses on a daily basis.

I just want a solid VR platform with a healthy pipeline or quirky, interesting games.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by malfist »

robot_jesus wrote: post #23
drivebyhooting wrote: post #16

When will horizon worlds be axed entirely? It has something like fewer than 10,000 active users at any given time.

From the article: > By March 31, 2026, Horizon Worlds and Events will no longer appear in the Store on Quest. Also, Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju, and Bobber Bay worlds will no longer be available in VR. You can still jump into your other favorite worlds in VR until June 15, 2026, after which the Horizon Worlds app will be removed from Quest, and Worlds will no longer be available in VR.

Dang, that's fast. 13 days to market place removal, 90 days until complete shutdown.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by LorenDB »

bhouston wrote: post #7

Okay, how long until Meta Quest is discontinued/sunset? I believe there is no expectation of a Meta Quest 4 right?

Meta has very recently had leaks of an upcoming lightweight headset. So maybe not a Quest 4 as a direct successor to the Quest 3, but a new headset is in the works.

Re: Meta Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest is being discontinued

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Post by t-writescode »

cammikebrown wrote: post #28
t-writescode wrote: post #22

They were trying to compete with an existing, VERY good couple of alternatives, and the people most actually likely to use that product were already on those services. It was a losing play that didn’t know what market it was actually entering.

What are some alternatives?

VRChat is the most popular one. Age verification. User generated models. User generated worlds. Revenue sharing in worlds. For-sale models and props. It’s quite feature rich now.

Edit: fixed typo

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