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Rec Room is the latest VR metaverse closure — but I have hopes it'll return in AR

2026 gets another VR casualty as Rec Room announces shutdown, but Snap might have big AR plans for it.

TechRadar

Has Meta Platforms Become Addicted to AI Spending?

Meta is aggressively ramping up its AI spending, even as new rounds of layoffs hit. The company's costly metaverse experiment is echoing loudly, though analysts maintain a positive consensus with a mean price target suggesting substantial upside.

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Epic kills 3 Fortnite modes amid mass layoffs, including the Rocket League devs' Mario Kart-like which helped kick off the multi-game metaverse era to begin with

"We've built a lot of Fortnite modes, and in some cases we failed to build something awesome enough to attract and retain a large player base"

GamesRadar

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ICYMI: the week's 7 biggest tech stories from Apple's AirPod Max 2 surprise to Nvidia DLSS 5 backlash

The week's top tech news stories from Apple, Sony, Nothing, Nvidia, and more for March 21, 2026

TechRadar

Meta isn’t closing down its VR metaverse after all — it’ll stay live in a limited capacity for ‘the foreseeable future’

Meta's CTO has revealed it won't shut down Horizon Worlds in VR after all.

TechRadar

Facebook's Meta rebrand is looking stupider by the day

The metaverse has Meta sorry end.

Creative Bloq

Meta’s VR Metaverse Shutting Down: Here’s why it was doomed from the start

Goodbye!

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Horizon Worlds is officially dead on VR. What happens now for the Meta Quest (and the Metaverse)?

Meta is evolving once again, this time fully removing Horizon Worlds from the Meta Quest experience. Here's what that means for your everyday VR sessions.

Android Central

Meta shuts down its ‘Horizon Worlds’ metaverse – and then decides not to

Idea and software that inspired Facebook’s name change has failed to take off

The Independent UK

Cesar Chavez Accused of Sexual Abuse

Plus: Mullin vs. Paul, the metaverse lives, the Pentagon wants $200 for the war in Iran, and more...

Reason

Another nail in the Metaverse coffin: Meta Horizon Worlds is shutting down in three months for VR, but the mobile app will remain

You have until the end of March to download it, and until June 15 to play it in VR.

PC Gamer

Meta is pulling the plug on its VR metaverse and Meta Quest 3 fans don't know how to respond

Meta’s VR scale-back is heading into phase two as the company has revealed its timeline for the full closure of its Meta Horizon Worlds metaverse.

TechRadar

PlayerUnknown reckons he can take back the term 'metaverse' because 'It's just been co-opted by certain people… like, I still use Twitter because f**k [Elon Musk]'

Them's fighting words.

PC Gamer

AdGuard enters the metaverse: VPN and ad-blocker extensions launch on Meta Quest

Browsing in VR just got cleaner and safer. AdGuard has launched two new extensions for the Meta Quest browser, bringing ad-blocking and VPN privacy to your headset. Here’s how to install them.

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Meta smartwatch tipped for 2026 release as company doubles down on AI wearables

A revived project could bring health tracking and Meta AI to the wrist, completing a growing ecosystem

Euronews

Nobody mourns the metaverse: What went wrong with Zuckerberg's vision and what is next for VR?

After changing its name and going all-in on virtual reality, Meta is scaling back its metaverse operations. But that could be a good thing for VR, experts tell Euronews Next.

PC Gamer

Meta lost $19.1 billion on VR last year despite the mother of all pivots to AI including plans for AI-generated gaming

Forget the Metaverse, an "explosion" of new AI media formats are headed your way.

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Mark Zuckerberg says it's 'hard to imagine' a future without AI glasses – but there's bad news from the metaverse

Meta chief Mark Zuckerberg says the future is bright for smart glasses powered by AI, but the metaverse remains quiet.

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‘We’re going to let VR be what it is’ Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth addresses the major VR layoffs – and teases a new direction for the metaverse

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth has explained the company's new approach to VR, the metaverse, and XR glasses.

Creative Bloq

Facebook's Meta rebrand can finally be called a disaster

RIP the metaverse.

The Conversation

What Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse U-turn means for the future of virtual reality

Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse was meant to reimagine how we interact with each other and the world, providing us with an immersive world where we could seamlessly combine digital and physical information.

International Business Times UK

Meta Lays Off Around 1,500 VR Workers Following Failure to Turn Profit

Around 1,500 workers under Meta's Reality Labs division have been laid off as part of Meta's shift away from VR and to AI.

Windows Central

Facebook rebranded to Meta for VR — now it's laid off 1,000 people and shut down 3 VR game studios to catch up with AI

Meta is shutting down three of its video game studios and laying off 1,000 people from its virtual reality department to focus and channel those resources into AI and wearable technology.

International Business Times

Meta Reduces Reality Labs Workforce While Pivoting to AI-Powered Glasses

Meta cuts over 1,000 Reality Labs jobs to focus on AI-powered smart glasses and mobile metaverse experiences.

PC Gamer

Meta is closing 3 VR studios and laying off roughly 10% of Reality Labs as it shifts focus from the metaverse to AI wearables, its next sure-fire, can't-miss idea

Armature Studios, Sanzaru Games, and Twisted Pixel are done for.

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