{"id":2129,"date":"2026-01-16T06:01:35","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.actutech.app\/meta-has-discontinued-its-metaverse-for-work-too\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T06:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T02:01:35","slug":"meta-has-discontinued-its-metaverse-for-work-too","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/meta-has-discontinued-its-metaverse-for-work-too\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta has discontinued its metaverse for work, too"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/chorus\/uploads\/chorus_asset\/file\/25639425\/247283_Quest_3S_VPavic_0019.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Two months before it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/22749919\/mark-zuckerberg-facebook-meta-company-rebrand\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changed its name to \u00ab\u00a0Meta,\u00a0\u00bb<\/a> Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/2021\/8\/19\/22629942\/facebook-workrooms-horizon-oculus-vr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">personally introduced us to his metaverse for work<\/a>: Horizon Workrooms, envisioned as a virtual space for workers to collaborate. Today, the company announced it&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.meta.com\/help\/quest\/2464765133873078\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shutting that space down<\/a>: \u00ab\u00a0Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective February 16, 2026,\u00a0\u00bb reads the note tucked away on a help page.<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Meta will also no longer sell its headsets and software as a service for businesses, <a href=\"https:\/\/work.meta.com\/help\/1964851097790493\/?helpref=uf_share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">another help page reads<\/a>: \u00ab\u00a0We are stopping sales of Meta Horizon managed services and commercial SKUs of Meta Quest, effective February 20, 2026.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/861295\/meta-reality-labs-layoffs-shift-to-wearables\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Me \u2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/863209\/meta-has-discontinued-its-metaverse-for-work-too\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two months before it changed its name to \u00ab\u00a0Meta,\u00a0\u00bb Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for 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