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Andrew Griffin

Meta shuts down its ‘Horizon Worlds’ metaverse – and then decides not to

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Meta announced that it will shut down its most famous version of the “metaverse” – and then reversed the decision.

The ongoing fate of ‘Horizon Worlds’ reflects a broader question over the future of the metaverse, which Meta and its chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had once promoted as the future of technology.

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