
Two months before it changed its name to « Meta, » Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally introduced us to his metaverse for work: Horizon Workrooms, envisioned as a virtual space for workers to collaborate. Today, the company announced it’s shutting that space down: « Meta has made the decision to discontinue Workrooms as a standalone app, effective February 16, 2026, » reads the note tucked away on a help page.
Meta will also no longer sell its headsets and software as a service for businesses, another help page reads: « We are stopping sales of Meta Horizon managed services and commercial SKUs of Meta Quest, effective February 20, 2026. »