#RecRoom will be
#shuttingdown on June 1st, 2026, due to
#financialdifficulties and challenges in the
#VRmarket. The platform will no longer be accessible after this date, and several features, including account creation and token rewards, are already disabled. Players can download their data, including photos and a final report card.
https://blog.recroom.com/posts/schools-out-for-rec-room https://blog.recroom.com/posts/schools-out-for-rec-room?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures 
School’s Out for Rec Room —
Rec Room will be closing down on June 1st 2026 at noon Pacific time. Over the past decade, Rec Room grew into something amazing, reaching over 150 million players and creators along the way. Players made over half a billion friends on the platform. In total, people all around the world spent a cumu
#Meta and
#EssilorLuxottica are preparing to launch two new
#RayBan #smartglasses, the “Ray-Ban Meta Scriber” and “Ray-Ban Meta Blazer,” according to FCC filings. The filings suggest a launch is imminent, as they typically precede product releases by less than a month.
https://www.roadtovr.com/meta-ray-ban-smart-glasses-2026-next-gen/?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures 
Meta Slated to Launch Two New Ray-Ban Smart Glasses, According to FCC Filing
Meta and EssilorLuxottica appear to be preparing two new Ray-Ban smart glasses for launch, according to US Federal Communication Commission (FCC) filings from earlier this month. As first reported by Janko Roettgers in his Lowpass newsletter, Meta hardware partner EssilorLuxottica has filed with the FCC two new devices which appear to be the next generation of their …
#Meta’s recent decision to shut down its Metaverse project, despite a significant investment, has reignited discussions about the viability of the concept.
#NealStephenson offers insights into the
#challenges for immersive
#virtualworlds. He highlights the impracticality of
#headmounteddisplays, the limited
#developermarket, and the importance of a compelling
#narrative in driving user
#engagement.
https://nealstephenson.substack.com/p/my-prodigal-brainchild?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures 
My Prodigal Brainchild
Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse
#Meta changes course on
#HorizonWorlds VR shut-down: Meta will keep Horizon Worlds running in
#VR for the foreseeable future, but will not be adding new games. The decision was made to support existing users.
https://www.lowpass.cc/p/meta-changes-course-on-horizon-worlds-vr-shut-down?Metaver.se #Metaverse #VirtualWorlds #XR #VR #MR #AR #BeyondPictures 
Meta changes course on Horizon Worlds VR shut-down
VR Worlds will be available for "foreseeable future"
World Labs lands $1B, with $200M from Autodesk, to bring world models into 3D workflows | TechCrunch
The partnership will see the two companies exploring how World Labs’ models can work alongside Autodesk’s tools, and vice versa, starting with a focus on entertainment use cases.
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