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Meta starts testing Horizon Worlds on mobile and the web
Super Rumble, the first game out of Meta's in-house studio Ouro Interactive, is now available to a small number of mobile and web users.
Meta's avatars finally grow some legs
It's been nearly a year since Meta announced at Connect 2022 that it would give its weird Caspar the Friendly Ghost-esque metaverse avatars some legs to make them appear slightly more human. The day of reckoning is almost upon us as Quest Home avatars now sport extra limbs in the latest beta version of the Quest software.
Meta is launching a UFC-themed VR experience in Horizon Worlds
Meta has teamed up with UFC to bring live mixed martial arts (MMA) in VR to Horizon Worlds.
The Meta 'Super Rumble' game is the first of many next-gen Horizon Worlds VR titles
Meta has just launched a new game for Horizon Worlds called Super Rumble, and it's unlike any other game released for the social VR application.
Meta's Horizon Worlds is getting a text-based 'world chat' feature
After introducing mini-games and allowing access to younger teens, Meta is trying to make its VR-based Horizon Worlds more social.
Meta's Horizon Worlds is opening to young teens in the US and Canada
Meta's Horizon Worlds is opening its virtual doors to younger teens with 'robust' safety controls.
Senators urge Meta not to open Horizon Worlds up to younger teens
Two senators have urged Mark Zuckerberg not to open up Meta's Horizon Worlds app to younger teenagers. 'In light of your company’s record of failure to protect children and teens and a growing body of evidence pointing to threats to young users in the metaverse, we urge you to halt this plan immediately,' their letter reads.
Meta reportedly plans to open Horizon Worlds to younger teens as soon as March
Meta is reportedly opening up its virtual reality social experience to younger players aged 13 to 17 as soon as this March in a bid to grow Horizon's numbers and improve user retention.
How Meta flunked its first year as a metaverse company
A year ago, Meta was riding high on the metaverse. Now, as Meta finishes its first full year as a “metaverse company,” the outlook is considerably less rosy.
Meta's VR legs video wasn't what it seemed
The animated Mark Zuckerberg shown jumping on screen apparently used motion capture.
Meta accounts and Horizon profiles arrive today, freeing Quest headsets from Facebook
Meta accounts have arrived
Meta teases a web version of Horizon Worlds
Meta has teased a web version of Horizon Worlds where creators would get a larger cut of sales.
Meta will take a 48 percent cut from sales in Horizon Worlds
Meta has confirmed it will take a nearly 48 percent share of all virtual product sales in Horizon Worlds.
Meta gives you more control over personal boundaries in Horizon Worlds
In response to community feedback, Meta is updating its Personal Boundary feature to give people more control over it.
Meta says its VR platform has grown by ten times since December
Facebook rebranded itself as Meta in order to fully embrace virtual reality via the Oculus platform, so how is that actually going?
Meta adds 'personal boundaries' to Horizon Worlds and Venues to fight harassment
At the outset, there's an equivalent of a four-foot gap between VR avatars.
Meta's Horizon Worlds opens up to adults in the US and Canada
Following a private beta release in 2020, Horizon Worlds is now available to download for free in the US and Canada.
