Meta will shut down VR access to Horizon Worlds on Quest headsets after June 15, 2026. The company confirmed the timeline in a community forum post, ending speculation about the future of its VR metaverse experiment. Starting March 31, 2026, individual worlds and events-including Horizon Central, Events Arena, Kaiju, and Bobber Bay-will vanish from the Quest Store. By mid-June, the entire app disappears from Quest devices, and VR players lose access for good.
For players, this is a hard cutoff. The only way to access Horizon Worlds after June 15 will be through the Meta Horizon app on iOS and Android. The VR-first vision is officially dead. If you built, hosted, or regularly visited worlds on Quest, you’re out of luck. No migration path, no VR fallback-just mobile.
Mobile-First Pivot, VR Last
Meta first signaled this shift in February, splitting Horizon Worlds from the Quest VR platform to focus on mobile. Now, the company says it saw enough “positive momentum” on mobile in 2025 to justify abandoning the VR version entirely. This runs counter to Meta’s original pitch as a “metaverse company”, but lines up with where it’s actually seeing user growth and spending: AI and smart glasses, not VR.
If you’re one of the few who used Hyperscape Capture-the beta feature for sharing 3D scans of real-life locations-brace for more cuts. You’ll still be able to capture and view your own Hyperscapes, but all social features are gone. No more inviting friends or co-experiencing spaces together. The feature is now strictly solo.
What This Means for VR Players
This is a major blow for anyone who bought into the Quest ecosystem expecting a persistent, social VR world. With flagship worlds and events going offline, the VR metaverse dream is on ice. For creators, there’s no official word on asset migration or compensation. For players, it’s mobile or nothing.
Speculation: Meta’s move suggests the company is doubling down on platforms that actually attract users. VR, at least in its current form, isn’t one of them. The Quest hardware will still run other VR apps, but Horizon Worlds is now a mobile-only playground.
The bottom line
- Horizon Worlds leaves Quest VR on June 15, 2026-no extensions, no exceptions.
- Only the iOS and Android app will remain. VR players lose access to all worlds and events.
- Hyperscape Capture loses all social features; only solo viewing survives.
- No word on refunds or migration for creators or players.
If you care about social VR, it’s time to look elsewhere. Meta is moving on.