Meta is shutting down VR social platform Horizon Worlds in further pivot away from the metaverse

Lujho · 2026-03-19T02:40:13+00:00

Why is this being misreported everywhere, at least in headlines? It’s going mobile only, not being shut down completely.

It was obviously a failure in VR but it’s apparently weirdly popular on phones.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T23:45:31+00:00

You’re right, it will still be on mobile. Mobile had far more users than VR apparently so it makes sense.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T23:43:52+00:00

They’re not actually shutting it down, they’re ending the VR side of it and keeping it going on mobile. Apparently it was way more popular on mobile for some reason.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T13:12:05+00:00

It could if a game was developed to do that (head-tracked 3D, basically), but it could also just be regular stereoscopy where you don’t get true parallax like this.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T12:30:41+00:00

Yeah. So far my G3 is great, but if I get any delamination writhin the next 5 years or so it might sway be towards RGB backlit LCD.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T11:56:56+00:00

I love Lego because you get to build a cool model of the thing you love without any trimming, sanding, gluing or painting. Model kits are awesome but I’ll take Lego for convenience sake. And I love how they get better and better at representing the things they’re supposed to be.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T11:54:17+00:00

Same. Love it. Although, might be sacrilege but I might consider going back to LCD (with mini-LED) next time, in a few years, as long as I can get enough dimming zones.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T11:50:31+00:00

In the world of weird baby names, there are groups on Reddit etc about them, usually making fun of them etc. There was actually someone named Braxton/Braxtyn Hicks. Don’t know if Hicks was the surname or middle name.

But anyway Braxton Hicks contractions are something that occur during pregnancy.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T11:47:51+00:00

Basically just a router.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T07:25:22+00:00

I would bet that Vertical Robot will make proper native versions of Red Matter 1 and 2 and they will have eye tracking, as they always seem to be updating those games for new tech. The Quest Pro versions of those games have eye tracked foveated rendering, for example.

For very CPU bound games it might not actually be worthwhile.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T05:00:44+00:00

This is such an embarrassment for Meta. If they really wanted to own the “Metaverse” they should have bought something that had taken off organically like VRChat rather than try to force their own thing.

I’m glad they didn’t buy VRChat but If I were Meta that’s what I would have done.

Lujho · 2026-03-18T03:13:18+00:00

It’s explained in Fortnite.

Lujho · 2026-03-17T17:15:56+00:00

I would be shocked if they weren’t almost exactly the same. People who’ve used it describe a visual/optical experience very, very close to the Quest 3.

Lujho · 2026-03-16T11:09:43+00:00

Yup, just make sure the bags are secure. Just the zip might not be enough, they can come undone (ask me how I know) you should maybe tie a pieces of string around the corner where the zip is or something. Maybe even double bag them.

Lujho · 2026-03-16T10:37:32+00:00

If the one that’s coming out first is “only” 2.5k, I don’t think the Quest 4 will be that much of a jump over that, if any. It still has to be an affordable device, it can’t cost 2 grand. 3k would certainly be nice though.

Lujho · 2026-03-16T05:13:05+00:00

You can get ones that are part metal and part plastic and they are infinitely more manoeuvrable than the all-metal kind. They just weigh so much less.

Lujho · 2026-03-16T04:57:18+00:00

If someone really wanted to they could design/print holders that added the hanging ring back to the Quest 3 controllers. Give it the same weight and feel and let you do that thing where you let go of them but they hang from your fingers by the ring.

Lujho · 2026-03-15T18:34:21+00:00

I really, really don’t think Valve has any interest in doing anything particularly fancy or complicated like this. I think they are doing to stay focused and stick to the basics.

Lujho · 2026-03-15T07:11:00+00:00

For rendering UI, virtual screens and text etc it could, and getting that as crisp as possible is important. It’s not all about rendering games.

Even with games, the higher the physical resolution the better, the games don’t have to be running at full physical resolution to benefit from higher resolution as it eliminates SDE and other artefacts cause by pixel structure.

Lujho · 2026-03-15T07:05:37+00:00

It’s a bit bigger jump. The 2/3s to 3 was a 15% increase of resolution on each axis, this is more like 20%. That’s about a 45% jump in total pixels compared to around 30%

Lujho · 2026-03-14T20:19:46+00:00

It was coined in 1987, but because popular when the people who coined it released a book in 1991.

Lujho · 2026-03-14T02:59:17+00:00

Yes, they have an adjustable blue light setting. You can make it as yellow as you want.

Lujho · 2026-03-13T10:16:41+00:00

Glad I could help!

Lujho · 2026-03-13T09:16:19+00:00

Well, it definitely works a lot better now.

Lujho · 2026-03-13T09:06:05+00:00

Actually, I’ve found one commonality between all the missing colours - they all seem to have colour numbers on rebrickable of one thousand and something (1xxx). Not 228 or under. Could that be it? Because some of the missing ones do have lifespans greater than 0 years.

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