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

Horizon Worlds will end VR building, publishing, and updates on June 15, 2026, meta notified Quest account holders by email about service changes.

Existing worlds will remain playable in VR but new worlds will be mobile-only after June 15, 2026, meta's CTO clarified in an Instagram AMA.

Meta is pulling the Horizon feed, Horizon Central social hub, and the Horizon Worlds app from the platform, meta removed Horizon Central and the Horizon Worlds app from the Quest experience.

Quest usage reached all-time highest numbers of unique users in 2025 company statement at GDC cited by article.

Game revenue over 100 titles generated more than $1 million in gross revenue in 2025 figures presented by Meta's Director of Games.