Meta is scaling back its metaverse focus, cutting studios and head count at Reality Labs to prioritize artificial intelligence.

Turns out Zuck's Metaverse really didn't have legs.

Meta knows it can’t fully abandon VR, even if the hype surrounding the metaverse and its Horizon Worlds virtual environment has withered to a shallow husk of its initial promise. Just two days after Meta confirmed to fans it was pulling the plug on Horizon Worlds for VR,

In a talk at GDC, a Meta exec has tried to brighten up the gloom around Meta Quest's future with some more optimistic updates and statistics from 2025.

The death of Meta's VR metaverse comes after years of major financial hits to Meta's Reality Labs division, which handles VR,AR, and metaverse projects. Meta has invested somewher

Meta’s Director of Games Chris Pruett revealed that Quest usage hit an all-time high in 2025, which helped over 100 games to generate more than $1 million in gross revenue last year. Pruett announced in his ‘State of VR’ talk at Game Developers Conference (GDC) that not only has Quest usage grown year-over-year,