Meta is making life even harder for its metaverse creators
by Jay Peters from The Verge - All Posts on (#6BM0P)
Image: Meta Meta will no longer let creators using its Horizon Worlds social VR playscape make dedicated events, the company announced as part of the platform's v109 update notes on Tuesday. It's a surprising shutdown of a feature that some creators hoped would someday see improvements.
In March, I published a story about Horizon Worlds creators who run an in-VR comedy club, the Unknown Theater, and how they organized a VR protest over Meta's treatment of events on the platform. The protestors took issue with changes that made community-organized events much more challenging to find, which poses a problem for the club's regularly-scheduled shows, and the way Meta gave more prominence to high-profile events featuring big name stars like Carrie...