Meta announces plans to monetize the Metaverse, and creators are not happy

Enlarge / A purchase confirmation dialog box in Horizon Worlds. (credit: Meta)

Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, announced some initial plans on Wednesday to allow content creators to monetize its would-be Metaverse platform, Horizon Worlds. Meta's planned revenue share for contributors' creations could add up to nearly 50 percent.

Horizon Worlds is a network of shared 3D spaces that is currently exclusively available on Oculus Quest headsets. (Meta has plans to bring it to mobile, game consoles, and desktop VR in the coming months and years.)

There are already people creating spaces for Horizon Worlds, including a virtual yoga studio and a Second Life-like fast-food brand integration in the form of the "Wendyverse." But to date, Horizon Worlds has not offered the tools for creators to make a living creating that content as they can on similar services like Roblox.

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