The start of 2026 delivered the final nail in the coffin for the metaverse, the digital world once hailed by Mark Zuckerberg as the future of human interaction. After putting all his eggs in this one ...

With the demise of "Rec Room" and Meta's cutback in "Horizon Worlds," two prominent chapters of VR history are ending. What caused their failure?

The metaverse, as conceived by the likes of Meta and Microsoft, is intended to radically change the way in which we use and consume content online. It promises a fully immersive, dynamic 3D space ...

Discover what is a metaverse. Explore its core infrastructure, current state, use cases, prospects, and ability to drive ...

Meta’s latest developer update delivers a quiet but major shift in strategy: the company is moving its metaverse ambitions away from virtual reality and focusing almost entirely on mobile experiences.

Though still refocusing on its mobile app, Meta will now continue to support Horizon Worlds' existing VR games as well. Now it seems as though Meta has partially reversed its decision, with CTO Andrew ...

When Facebook changed its name to Meta a few years ago, the idea was that the VR metaverse would become a huge pillar for the company. I think we can safely say that's not going to happen. On its ...

Meta’s enormous bet on virtual reality ended last week, with the company reportedly laying off roughly 1,500 employees from its Reality Labs division — about 10% of the unit’s staff — and shutting ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Over the course of a few months last year, Trever Stewart painstakingly scanned his media company’s half-acre ...