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CTOnews.com, Aug. 27 (Xinhua)-- Horizon Worlds, Meta's meta-universe platform, recently opened a closed test on mobile phones, and related videos were exposed for the first time.

Horizon Worlds is similar to Rec Room, where users can log in to Horizon Worlds through Meta's header display Quest series and create their own virtual images (avatar). Here, users can achieve most of the activities in the real world, using virtual images to socialize with users from all over the world, visit friends, attend concerts and travel around the world.

CTOnews.com noted that Mark Zuckerberg told investors in early 2022 that Horizon would log on to the phone later that year, but it didn't materialize. Vishal Shah, vice president of metacosmos at Meta, said last month that the original mobile app was "a bit like playing VR games on a mobile phone, rather than a mobile experience," so the company redeveloped it.

Meta now allows users to apply to be added to the waiting list, try to use Horizon on their phones, and seems to have qualified some users to test, with a user named Luna posting videos.

Meta also confirmed that web-based versions are about to start providing early access. Andrew Bosworth, chief technology officer of Meta, officially mentioned the web version of Horizon in mid-2022 and revealed a screenshot on Meta Connect in October. According to FAQ, this web version is the only way for iPhone users to access Horizon. This may be due to Apple's ban on apps acting as game platforms, which is why Xbox cloud games cannot be launched as iPhone apps.

Interestingly, in the video shot by Luna, the Meta avatar on the mobile device shows running legs while moving, while the VR players in the conversation still lack legs, although Meta announced that the legs were about to be launched nearly a year ago.

According to an internal memo leaked by Meta last year, Meta believes that Horizon "did not find a market fit" and that its competitors Rec Room and VRChat are almost always in the top five most popular Quest apps, while Horizon Worlds is only in the top 25. Meta hopes to reverse this trend and attract new users by launching it on mobile phones and web pages and improving the quality of graphics. But the very different input methods between VR and smartphones mean that this can be a huge challenge, and Rec Room and VRChat are already available on smartphones.

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