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We\u2019ve been aware of Meta working on a mobile version of Horizon Worlds<\/em>, the company\u2019s metaverse social platform that is currently only available on its Quest VR devices, for quite some time<\/a>, but it\u2019s still not here. Apparently, the company had built a working version last year, but \u201cwe ended up not shipping it,\u201d Vishal Shah, Meta\u2019s metaverse VP, said in an interview with Roettgers. \u201cIt was a little bit too much of a VR game on mobile as opposed to a mobile-native experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Shah didn\u2019t tell Roettgers exactly when the app will be available on mobile, though. And I won\u2019t be confident in an imminent release until Meta actually gives a specific timeline; at the end of January, Meta itself said the app would be coming to mobile and the web \u201csoon,\u201d<\/a> but it\u2019s still not here yet. Meta didn\u2019t immediately reply to a request for comment on timing for the mobile and web apps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Meta has a new in-Horizon game, Super Rumble<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n Shah did tell Roettgers that Super Rumble,<\/em> a shooter game Meta just officially launched inside Horizon Worlds<\/em><\/a>, will be among the first games beta tested for the platform on mobile. That game apparently looks much nicer than most experiences on the platform due to the fact that it \u201chas been built with imported objects, assets and textures, something that wasn\u2019t previously possible with Horizon<\/em>,\u201d Roettgers says. The ability to bring over imported assets will apparently be available to hand-picked developers to start and rolled out more widely down the line.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Horizon Worlds<\/em> hasn\u2019t yet been a huge hit for Meta. In October, CNBC reported that the platform had less than 200,00 users<\/a>; Meta\u2019s newly-launched Threads, on the other hand, surpassed 100 million users within days<\/a>. That\u2019s not even close to an apples-to-apples comparison \u2014 Threads is a free app for smartphones, while Horizon Worlds <\/em>currently requires a Quest VR headset \u2014 but it goes to show just how different the scale is between the two platforms right now. (Meta\u2019s metaverse work remains a money sink, with the company reporting a net loss of $3.7 billion for its Reality Labs division last quarter<\/a>.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n A mobile version of Horizon Worlds<\/em> could help Meta better compete with Fortnite<\/em><\/a> and Roblox<\/em><\/a>, which similarly let creators build social games and experiences. Interestingly, as Horizon Worlds<\/em> is looking to mobile, Roblox is looking more at VR; Roblox<\/em> just launched in open beta on Quest headsets on Thursday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n