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.

  • veee@lemmy.caEnglish
    74·
    23 days ago

    What a comical waste of $80 Billion. Coulda bought two Twitters with that money instead and still come out on top.

  • neuracnu@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    51·
    23 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. 😈

  • Luci@lemmy.caEnglish
    41·
    23 days ago

    Tbh I always thought it was unreleased and still being developed. My shock when I found out it was available and no one used it.

    Came off like VRChat for idiots.

  • chronicledmonocle@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    23 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
      8·
      23 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?

    • PerogiBoi@lemmy.caEnglish
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      22 days ago

      It’s Mark Zuckerberg’s unlicensed digital daycares.

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

    • andallthat@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      22 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.

  • jqubed@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25·
    23 days ago

    Reading the article, Horizon Worlds is not shutting down, just the VR access. Apparently they’ve moved it to apps you access on iPhone and Android. I see the appeal even less; that seems like Second Life mobile.

    • AngryRedHerring@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      23 days ago

      I can’t wait for the day that I’m forced to switch from a discontinued Meta to a homebrewed OS that supports my library.

  • Regrettable_incident@lemmy.worldEnglish
    10·
    23 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.

    • I Cast Fist@programming.devEnglish
      9·
      23 days ago

      I don’t know why you’d think that, Human McHuman, YesImHuman, NotaLizard, NotaRobot, Normal Man, CEOsRPeople, MeritocracyWins are all owned by zuckerbot

  • Goretantath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    23 days ago

    Huh, there were 3 games that were kinda fun that people made, owell maybe theylport them to a different vr platform. Also guess i dont have a reason not to hack my quest niow