The VR version of Meta's Horizon Worlds platform is shutting down on June 15 as the company focuses its attention on its mobile app.

All 20 users are going to be severely disappointed.

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    98·
    7 days ago

    The best comment on this I’ve seen…

    It turns out, to the horror of techbros like Zuck, that the actual core demographics for VR worlds are not edgy cyberpunk antiheroes whose coolness could rub off on them, but femboy otaku who want to go drinking with friends while dressed as fabulous anime girls without even having leave their home and trans furries who want to party at visually spectacular virtual raves then pirate movies and have virtual cuddle piles.

    Which… isn’t very monetizable for normies.

    …yet. 😈

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    7 days ago

    I tried Horizons once. Confused TF out of me what its purpose was other than to have random people screaming into mics and yelling n**** at you all the time.

    It was not a fun experience and I never saw the point. I play VR games for VR experiences with actual fun in them.

    • psycho_driver@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      7 days ago

      Confused TF out of me what its purpose was other than to have random people screaming into mics and yelling n**** at you all the time.

      So VR Discord?

    • andallthat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      6 days ago

      The picture in the article clearly shows a virtual lady trying to kick a guy’s virtual balls. I think that says all one needs to know about the experience.

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
      2·
      6 days ago

      It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s unlicensed digital daycares.

      I’ve only ever encountered children between ages of 6 and 15 there.

  • dorumon@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    23·
    7 days ago

    Oh my God it’s finally fucking over. I can use a Quest headset again without being inaudatited with ads essentially from Horizon Worlds. I can use the headset again without having to constantly hack it.

  • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
    16·
    7 days ago

    Was this the thing with legless avatars from the uncanny valley? No idea how they wasted so much money - they’d have done better to employ a good gaming studio to make something fun that looked good. Could have saved billions there.

  • LiveLM@lemmy.zipEnglish
    5·
    6 days ago

    Ironically, this will end up as a upgrade to Meta Quest owners, as they no longer will have that bullshit shoved all over the “Home” ambient.

  • Kissaki@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    6 days ago

    They published an update article.

    Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the “foreseeable future,” though users shouldn’t expect new games, CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an update.

  • realitista@lemmus.orgEnglish
    3·
    7 days ago

    I actually can’t figure out how to access it. I have some portal in my home environment but I can’t go through it.