Meta Opens Virtual Reality World, Horizon Worlds
Meta announced that it is launching Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality world of avatars, to people 18 and older. Horizon Worlds launched in beta last year to select Oculus VR users, who answered invitations to join the virtual world. “Horizon Worlds is a social VR experience where you can create and explore together. Since launching […]
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Meta announced that it is launching Horizon Worlds, its virtual reality world of avatars, to people 18 and older.
Horizon Worlds launched in beta last year to select Oculus VR users, who answered invitations to join the virtual world.
“Horizon Worlds is a social VR experience where you can create and explore together. Since launching as an invite-only beta last year, we’ve been amazed by the community that’s begun to form and inspired by the unique experiences they’ve built,” stated Meta.
In Horizon Worlds, users of Facebook’s Oculus VR headsets can create a legless avatar to wander in the animated virtual world. There, they can play games and interact with other users’ avatars.
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Facebook acquired Oculus for $2 billion in 2014, and has since struggled to get market traction beyond a niche audience. But the company has made building technologies, products and services for the metaverse a central focus.
While AR is set to play a big part in the next stage of digital engagement and interaction, the real, true vision of a fully immersive metaverse can really only happen in VR.
Eventually, Horizon Worlds could be the next evolution of social media interaction, and as VR adoption increased, so too does the impetus for other people to get their own unit, in order to join their friends in this new experience.
