2026-02-20
I honestly think this is the best case scenario #VR Devs were hoping for. The fact that Worlds is going ‘mobile first’ suggests to me that Meta aren't pulling out of VR at all, but rather creating a longer onboarding runway. Get them into Worlds first, then from that into VR.
The Verge
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile” to better compete with Roblox and Fortnite
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’
2026-02-19
I honestly think this is the best case scenario #VR Devs were hoping for. The fact that Worlds is going ‘mobile first’ suggests to me that Meta aren't pulling out of VR at all, but rather creating a longer onboarding runway. Get them into Worlds first, then from that into VR.
The Verge
Meta says it is “explicitly separating” Quest VR from its Worlds platform, making Worlds “almost exclusively mobile”, letting it better compete with Roblox
Horizon Worlds is now going to be a platform that's ‘almost exclusively mobile.’