Horizon Worlds, Meta’s first pass at a metaverse, will be inaccessible via virtual reality headset after June 15, 2026. The company shared plans to separate Horizon Worlds from Quest VR platform and focus exclusively on the smartphone version of the app in February, and now in a new post on its community forums, Meta detailed when the VR version of Horizon Worlds will be deprecated.
By March 31, Meta says individual Horizon Worlds and Events will no longer be listed in the Quest’s Store and headset owners will be unable to visit worlds like “Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju and Bobber Bay.” Then, after June 15, the app will be removed from Quest headsets and worlds will be completely unavailable to visit in VR. From that point on, the easiest place to visit Horizon Worlds will be in the Meta Horizon app for iOS and Android.
Sad news for the eight people who still use it.
I’ll get a refund for all the adspace/meta real estate I bought near Snoop Dog for visibility though, right? I think that’s only fair.
Whilst not a big fan of Horizon Worlds (partly because of it’s lack of availability when the Quest 3 launched in Australia, and apathy to bother switching my VPN to US), it’s still a shame that a VR “3rd place” is shutting down.
So I won’t have the annoying worlds mixed with my apps? Nice
Bet they stay and just never work if you try to open em.
I’ve been planning to sell my Q3 for a frame since it was rumored, but this move makes me want to get the Steam frame and keep the Q3 in the cupboard so I can pull it out every once in a while to gander at how it changes. I don’t expect to be impressed, more like morbid curiosity.
