Few believe Meta will abandon VR entirely, but many see an unmistakable pivot as resources move toward AI systems and devices ...

The first VR service that Meta will shut down is called Horizon Workrooms. Introduced in 2021, it provides a virtual conference room that can be accessed using the Facebook parent’s VR headsets.

User data will be permanently deleted ...

More than four years after changing its company name from Facebook to Meta, the tech giant is pulling back from its virtual reality projects in a big way. Meta started cutting jobs this week in its ...

Meta announced it’s discontinuing Horizon Workrooms next month, its productivity-focused VR platform, marking another step in the company’s ongoing restructuring of its VR and metaverse strategy.

Meta said it's shutting down Workrooms in February, deleting user data as Reality Labs faces layoffs and the company continues to shift toward AI.

It comes as Meta aims to refocus its metaverse efforts on mobile platforms, such as smart glasses.

Meta's deprioritizing virtual reality in favor of artificial intelligence and Internet-connected smart glasses raised ...