Frequent World “Server Drops” / Session Resets Across Horizon Worlds (Last Month+) — Any Fix?
Hi all looking for help or confirmation if others are seeing this. For the past month (possibly longer), Horizon Worlds has been experiencing frequent “server drops” while in-game. The whole world will glitch/freeze, the session disconnects, and everyone has to re-establish a new session to continue. At first, this happened occasionally and seemed more noticeable in worlds with larger groups of players. But over the past few weeks, it’s been happening so often that it’s impacting the overall Horizon experience across the app (not just one world). What I’ve tested / observed Initially I assumed it was related to: heavy graphics loading worlds being over simulation/object limits too many active objects / scripts However, I released a world that is well under the mid-range of capacity/thresholds, and it still: can’t be entered reliably (blackboxing) or it loads and then the server drops / session resets Even more concerning: this now happens in Build Mode with almost nothing present: no meaningful object load one simple script + Custom UI still getting server drops with no clear warning or indication that it’s user-side Mobile + network testing (important) This is also happening in the mobile app when testing. I tested off my home network (different connection), and the same thing happens. When it occurs, it often affects multiple players at the same time, which makes it feel like a server/session stability issue rather than an individual connection problem. Question Is there a known issue right now with Horizon servers/session stability? Is there any fix or recommended workaround (settings, best practices, debug steps, or reporting path) for this problem across worlds/builds? Helpful info I can provide If needed, I can share: headset model (Quest 2/3/Pro), Horizon app version mobile device model + OS version approximate time(s) it happens most world link(s) where it’s easiest to reproduce whether it happens on multiple networks (home vs hotspot) any console logs / performance metrics I can capture Thanks, this is getting to the point where worlds aren’t usable or even testable consistently.
Captions with
Hello, I am just getting started with using the Worlds Desktop Editor and am working to build a world for an upcoming meetup that I am hosting that will include people with disabilities. I love that Horizon has a captions option available in the accessibility settings for the user preferences. In my quick testing I was seeing that the captions work and appear for worlds that are not a "Members-only" world. When I tried to test the caption display with my "Member-s-only" world I was not seeing the captions display. Is this by design? If so, what is the best way to host an event with captions support where only people I invite / allow in can join while the event is in progress? Thanks!
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The future of Horizon Worlds (in VR) ?
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How to replace the default Meta Avatar with Custom in-game avatars.
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