Meta, the virtual world platform Horizon World decreases… Looking at the reason

Meta's new VR device meta quest program was released on the 12th.

One of the features of the quest pro is to identify the device's face movement and show the face feelings to the other person. However, there is a report that users are decreasing to the Horizon World platform, Meta's virtual world.

It is noteworthy that the newly announced quest pro will contribute to the increase in Horizon World users.

According to the US CNET, the internal book of Meta was released on the 15th (local time), and the number of users expected in Horizon World is not increasing.

Meta's social VR platform Horizon World was released to the public at the end of 2012 after its first announcement in 2019. Horizon World uses a quest headset to experience digital spaces such as comedy clubs and concerts in the virtual world.

In addition, it has been attracting attention as a platform with the advantage of replacing the zoom of existing video conferences using meth uses.

Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of the Meta Connect Conference on December 12, insisted that I believe the next-generation computing platform is more social and human than ever before.

However, despite the argument of Zuckerberg, Horizon World seems to be suffering from a decrease in users.

By the end of this year, Meta has lowered it from 500,000 to 280,000 Monthly active users from Horse World. In February, Meta announced that the number of active users exceeded 300,000. However, the current number of users is less than 200,000, CNET quoted internal reports. CNET said that combining meta's social media, including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has an average of more than 3.5 billion monthly users.

According to the internal department, Horizon World has been steadily decreasing since last spring. The reason for the decline is that there is no virtual world that users love and do not like the appearance of the avatar. In addition, Horizon stated that bad behaviors of the other users are contributing to the decline in utilization.

In addition, the number of continuous use of quest VR headsets has been falling over the past three years. CNET added that half of the users who bought the quest VR will not be used after six months.

Zuckerberg said he plans to add legs to his avatar at the Meta Convex event. Horizon World's avatar is now composed of hair, arms, hands, and torso without legs.