{"id":358067,"date":"2026-03-21T16:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358067\/"},"modified":"2026-03-21T16:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-21T16:47:10","slug":"meta-backtracks-on-decision-to-drop-horizon-worlds-from-vr-headsets-seeking-alpha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/358067\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta backtracks on decision to drop Horizon Worlds from VR headsets &#8211; Seeking Alpha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiqAFBVV95cUxON09MNnZKajdIemhkbmhLTk1NMldYOV9JQlIwZHdkNnJwRUx1U3E4WU14SWt5aWhJNVZJV3Jzdnpna0RjUEs5SndiQm9Gd0dnM1h0aHFqYUVaSWMtVWFBOTN4Qnp2djNmR01LM3gtOW5lRFdlTm9YOTQ4T240Q1U2V1Y5N25xNWxCUERlZmlIQnlWeXVrejVVajBYWXhOelB5U19QUXNtLUo?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta backtracks on decision to drop Horizon Worlds from VR headsets<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeking Alpha<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTE5DRndwZFExWXByVEdMUTZlOFhKaG5SeWxfRkVjM2ZtRld0RUVIN2Z0Yzl0UXRZcFlsUjFrNF9FendQNEtRRDJmZXl1R3ppSWkwT3RWQjAwR1I1UVVKb0dmOUIxV1gzSWFfWW4wNC15YXY2WFFGcldZONIBfkFVX3lxTFBRcEpHNVkxNm0yR19CVlhGT0pLbDAtWFdpYzRnYXpOVnZxSzdXdlRLRExVcmpVb3FhYVZ2c3NmNG00QTBjbzI5YXc3Zll5V1o3NUFiWVBXcFlmMnhZMDEwOXNWTmhYdXJQWGhLbFpSbUtZVlBCem55OHBQSnJJUQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CNBC<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAJBVV95cUxOSEJCUjBEZnlJeWpCWWJOaHczUnR3SXl3eVN3ZklsdkFLRzZpMklHZmdxMmRVMTNJTzA1cUJQSUJtM3pQZFFNNWc1bmdIVnZrU25DYkp1ajhlb3M3QlU2X3lxY3VIazBaNGVvMDhTVmUyeUVCRVQxUkF3RjBJNTF4Mmg1ZlkwR2NZWTUzaElrQ3NOZ3lBRUZHdk9ZRE1RcFhWSERjbmRDWVNzRGlmMk56eGIyNlQxaGp5TXRQYjFQNU5HNFFlc01EUUVZSHhVWVN6TV90U3d3eEJlSzN0TVBzdzVoQTd2VXNwSGV4eW9HRFVHN0k4S2pKQnpIYkN0cnpCLURkWjJhM3d1OV9aaEN5S1BzR2VkV3JjS3lxR1hTX25hbHNNNkZXRGc4XzAtMk1NMElwNlVMeGtfTVhRa2RYMVBVQnU5dVJZSlNOdQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Almost 5 years after CEO Mark Zuckerberg called it &#8216;the next frontier&#8217; for the company, Meta is shutting down Horizon Worlds; says: We are separating &#8230;<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Times of India<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMijAFBVV95cUxQZjVzRDVndTg1dmxobE81QS1IM1hYZW5yYWRBZGJmUko3ZWZpWHRRbVVKSkFPX283aWZWaEpsYlBtUTI5OUl5eUIyVWxKRF9VVEVhMVpRdzQwYjNkSElrZjRNblE2WUNKbnZhYzMwcVdCOUJ4cHpyQXM3OEhxTzZLc05jTVNqdG9xTGlTNw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta U-turns on Horizon Worlds VR shutdown after user backlash<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;PressReader<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxOQlAyeHllWTRMZjJ5SXVCaGNCMllCRWdTRVR2ckxWS0NhT3NTVkNuTlFDQ3luUklLeEdjMTBUWHBKTjl6LW1TdzdMV1J6bEg2SjR3Q2puVXd0cGpQY1ZqMlVVSDM4SDFWY0JUNzBjbEkzVzNJVlI1cEV0RXJHaDJNS1pRUXctQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Meta Is Shutting Down Horizon Worlds on Meta Quest<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;WIRED<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Meta backtracks on decision to drop Horizon Worlds from VR headsets&nbsp;&nbsp;Seeking AlphaMeta is shutting down VR social platform&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":358068,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[61,60,80,210,211,212],"class_list":["post-358067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-virtual-reality","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology","tag-virtual-reality","tag-virtualreality","tag-vr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=358067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/358067\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/358068"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=358067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=358067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=358067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}