While chipmakers like Nvidia keep pushing hyper-real graphics in games, new research argues that the more meaningful human upside may lie in VR environments.

Having recently had the opportunity to not only try out the co-op features of TMNT: Empire City by playing alongside a developer but also freely roam around one of its open-area hub zones completing ...

VR is making medical training better with realistic simulations for learning skills and practicing procedures safely.

UPDATE (March 19, 2026 @ 3:00 p.m. PT): Apparently, Meta is not separating the VR element from Horizon Worlds after all. In an Instagram Q&A, Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth spoke to a concerned fan of ...

The development was announced with little fanfare on the official Meta Quest forum. The VR edition of the metaverse app – originally billed by Meta as the dawning of a new era in online interactive ...

Meta is "shifting the focus" of its Horizon Worlds metaverse platform to be "almost exclusively mobile." In a blog post, Reality Labs VP of content Samantha Ryan said the firm needed to focus on ...

Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in technology and education. He is an ongoing contributor to the CDW family of magazines. Are today’s college graduates prepared for the demands of ...

Meta announced today that it will divorce its Horizon Worlds social and gaming service—once promoted as the company’s first major step into the metaverse—from its Quest VR headset platform and digital ...

Meta is shifting Horizon Worlds from a VR-first platform to a mobile-only destination. The company remains committed to releasing VR hardware, but is shying away from first-party software. Meta plans ...

Following the downsizing of its Reality Labs division, Meta has announced plans to cut off its immersive Horizon Worlds social gaming platform from the company’s Quest virtual-reality headsets, ...

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.

A series of layoffs across Meta’s virtual reality division has affected Bellevue, Wash.-based studio Camouflaj (Republique, Batman: Arkham Shadow). This week opened with reports that Meta had ...