29 May 2026
The Metaverse and its ghost towns: Why social VR apps are struggling
On June 1, 2026, at 9 p.m., the social VR platform “Rec Room” will pull the plug after ten years. A few weeks earlier, in March 2026, Meta had announced the end of “Horizon Worlds” in its current form. The company had sunk a significant portion of its double-digit billion-dollar budget into this platform to build a metaverse, including the necessary hardware. What was marketed a few years ago as…
