2026 gets another VR casualty as Rec Room announces shutdown, but Snap might have big AR plans for it.

Despite billions spent and years of hype, Horizon Worlds never caught on—proving that money alone can't build a social ...

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well.

Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon ...

Soon after announcing that Horizon Worlds would be discontinued, Meta has taken a sharp U-turn. Here's what that means for ...

Meta knows it can’t fully abandon VR, even if the hype surrounding the metaverse and its Horizon Worlds virtual environment has withered to a shallow husk of its initial promise. Just two days after ...

Rec Room, another popular virtual reality hangout, is shutting down—further proof that the metaverse is dead.

Science fiction author Neal Stephenson, who coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash, has argued he and ...

Metaverse creator Neal Stephenson says VR headsets lack a real business case and remain socially uncomfortable for users.

Meta‘s metaverse ambitions are hitting a crossroads. In a move that marks a dramatic shift in strategy, the tech giant is ...

Mark Zuckerberg's biggest bet just got a closing date ...

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