Beberapa hari lalu Meta mengumumkan mereka akan menamatkan sokongan mengakses Horizon Worlds menggunakan set kepala Meta Quest

A day after announcing the Horizon Worlds would only be available on a mobile app starting in June, Meta said it changed its mind.

Meta is partially reversing its decision to drop VR support for Horizon Worlds, keeping VR access for existing Unity-based games while shifting future development to a new flatscreen-focused Horizon Engine

VR will be on life support while mobile remains the focus, though.

A day after saying it would shut down its metaverse, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth announced the service will remain available in VRwith limited support.

Meta is backtracking on its plans to shut down the VR version of its metaverse. The company now plans to support Horizon Worlds in VR for the "foreseeable future," though users shouldn't expect new games, CTO Andrew Bosworth said in an update

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Meta Horizon Worlds dilancarkan lima tahun lalu sebagai dunia metamesta yang perlu diselami menggunakan set kepala Meta Quest