Meta "Explicitly Separating" Horizon Worlds From Quest
UploadVR • • technology
Key Points:
- Meta announced a new strategy for its Quest ecosystem and Horizon Worlds, separating their development paths by making Horizon Worlds "almost exclusively mobile" and no longer promoting it to Quest users.
- The company will focus on supporting third-party VR developers with funding and partnerships rather than creating its own blockbuster VR games, aiming to boost the broader developer ecosystem.
- Meta is removing individual Horizon Worlds destinations from the Quest VR store and separating worlds from the mobile app store to increase visibility for other apps.
- Despite recent studio shutdowns and layoffs, Meta emphasizes that Quest headset sales remain strong, VR usage is growing, and the platform saw stable payment volumes year-over-year in 2025.
- Meta claims to have invested nearly $150 million in VR
