Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users

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Meta’s social VR platform Horizon hits 300,000 users
22 Feb 2022
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The social virtual reality platform of Meta, Horizon has reached 300,000 monthly users, showing 10 times growth since its roll-out in early December. According to a report, Meta spokesperson Joe Osborne confirmed that it includes users of Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues which is a separate app for attending live events in VR.

It was rolled out to Oculus Quest VR headset users in the USA and Canada in early December. Horizon Worlds was recently featured in Meta’s Super Bowl ad, and Meta, which the CEO Mark Zuckerberg called “core to our metaverse vision.”

VR and Quest are key parts of the company’s metaverse vision, but it seems the metaverse is an interconnected digital world, one that bridges VR and AR, in addition to more familiar platforms like phones and computers.

Meta has said that rolling out avatars across its platforms is an early step towards making this a reality. The company also announced ‘Personal Boundary’ for Horizon Worlds and Horizon Venues. 

It will prevent avatars from coming within a set distance of each other, creating more personal space for people and making it easier to avoid unwanted interactions. Personal Boundary will by default make it feel like there is an almost 4-foot distance between your avatar and others.

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