Informal announcement: Horizon Worlds WON'T actually be leaving VR

So you may have seen the formal announcement from Meta that Horizon Worlds would soon be discontinued in VR:

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Well the good news is that the Meta CTO has had a change of heart, and now Horizon Worlds will be available as a separate app in VR. You will be able to access all existing Worlds, but won't get access to any new content 🙂:

Boz on X: "ICYMI this from my AMA yesterday. We’ve decided to retain existing Horizon Worlds in VR for the foreseeable future. I know this is a bit of whiplash just a few days after we announced something different, but Horizon has some real fans in the VR community and they encouraged us" / X

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