The Register publishes opinion on whether Meta's Horizon Worlds shutdown signals metaverse death. The author, a VR veteran who built systems for Sega, argues that while consumer adoption remains limited, immersive VR solves real problems where it's the only viable approach—like NASA's VIEW astronaut training system.
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The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out
Meta's Horizon Worlds shutdown marks another metaverse cycle, but enterprise applications like NASA's VIEW astronaut training validate immersive VR's durability in specialized domains.
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 12:00 PM UTC2 MIN READSOURCE: The RegisterBY sys://pipeline
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