You'll have to remove that Meta Horizons Workroom meeting from your calendar after Feb. 16, 2026. Oh you didn't have one scheduled? Apparently no one else did either.
Meta said it was discontinuing its Meta Horizon Workrooms as a standalone application. Meta's post on the topic omitted the obvious: Meetings in the metaverse just didn't happen.
Now if you wanted to have a meeting through your Meta Quest headset you could use apps from Microsoft, Zoom and Arthur to conduct a metaverse meeting.
Meta's latest retreat from the workplace comes as The New York Times reported the company laying off workers at its reality labs unit and said that it will stop selling Quest headsets and Horizon services to businesses. Meta exited its Workplace business in 2024 and transitioned customers to Zoom's Workvivo platform.
The company is focusing on its AI efforts as it cuts in its metaverse spending. Fun fact, Meta changed its entire brand to focus on the metaverse in 2021. At the time, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the "metaverse will eventually encompass work, entertainment, and everything in between."
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