> 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.
I don't think that's entirely it, they don't want the product facebook is selling. VR Chat is massively more popular than Facebooks offerings.
Though Facebook had impossible goals, they didn't want to make a gaming device, they wanted to make the next smartphone, that everyday people and office workers would use. Which was just unrealistic.
VRChat is just plain better. It doesn't look like a Nintendo 64 game and it doesn't have the rubber tile children-first moderation constantly looking over your shoulder. It's more gritty like adults want.
No they're going to bring it to mobile. Where it adds no value really. They're probably trying to make a roblox out of it.
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.
A phone-first VR platform?
In Snow Crash, the Metaverse was using VR. But it could also have worked via a smartphone. They are independent.
Phone-only
The writing has been on the wall for a long time. Very few people want to buy a separate cumbersome face hugger device.
I don't think that's entirely it, they don't want the product facebook is selling. VR Chat is massively more popular than Facebooks offerings.
Though Facebook had impossible goals, they didn't want to make a gaming device, they wanted to make the next smartphone, that everyday people and office workers would use. Which was just unrealistic.
VRChat is just plain better. It doesn't look like a Nintendo 64 game and it doesn't have the rubber tile children-first moderation constantly looking over your shoulder. It's more gritty like adults want.
Dang, that's fast. 13 days to market place removal, 90 days until complete shutdown.