Meta Horizon Worlds v192, our last release notes installment of the year, is here! As 2024 comes to a close, we’d like to thank the entire Worlds community for your support and creativity. We can’t wait to show you what we’re working on for next year. Until then, stay tuned for a whole lot of winter fun headed to Worlds soon!

Attention all fashion-forward adventurers and style enthusiasts! We are thrilled to announce the upcoming launch of Style Season in Meta Horizon Worlds, kicking off on December 17 and running through the end of February. This is our biggest event in Horizon history, and we’re giving you the chance to earn huge rewards all winter long!

What's in store? Here’s a full rundown of activities:

There’s no shortage of content coming this winter, and we’re excited to share the season with you.

Meta Horizon Worlds V191 is here! We recently rolled out community moderators. Find out below how to apply and become one—or if you’re a Creator, how to invite someone to help keep your worlds comfortable and enjoyable. We’re also reintroducing captions! Read on for more details.

Eligible people who are at least 13 years old can now apply or be invited by a world creator to be a community moderator of public worlds. Community moderators can play an important role in helping world creators keep the space comfortable and enjoyable. Learn more about community moderators in Meta Horizon Worlds.

We are making it possible for you to invite eligible members of your community to be moderators to help maintain your world’s culture and safety. These moderators are here to help, but they should not be considered a replacement for reporting policy violating behavior.

Community moderators have the following abilities:

You can invite eligible members of your community to be moderators from the Manage People menu through the World Detail Page. For more information, visit Documentation.

Meta Horizon Worlds v188 is here! This week, we’re launching the new Horizon Mixed Reality Public world, introducing parent-managed Meta account access to Worlds, and more. Let’s jump in!

We’re introducing the new Horizon Mixed Reality Public world, where you can now play mixed reality games with others in Worlds! You can also play invite-only games with friends in the Horizon Mixed Reality With Your Friends world and use the in-world travel button to seamlessly switch between the two. Try out the new Playing Cards game and updated Darts scoreboard in both worlds, with more exciting games coming soon!

Starting today, parents will be able to approve access to age-appropriate experiences in Worlds for users of parent-managed Meta accounts.

The updated experience for this age group will allow them to connect with friends and family while experiencing age-appropriate worlds like The Space Station, The Aquarium, Citadel, Spy School, Bobber Bay Fishing, and more.

Here’s how it will work:

We’re rolling out parent-managed Meta accounts over time, starting with the US and Canada, so that we can evaluate preteen and parent usage before expanding more broadly. For more information, visit our Family Center.

Generative AI features are now available in Meta Horizon and Meta Horizon Worlds. These features include things like characters in games and creativity tools that help people make things like backgrounds and avatar clothing. We’ve added information to our Family Center for parents about what generative AI features their child or teen may experience.

We’re beginning to roll out mute assist to public worlds, with worlds rated ages 10+ and 13+ being defaulted to “on.” Mute assist is a moderation feature in Worlds that automatically mutes or lets people quickly mute others that they don’t know, who are being loud and/or using profanity or potentially offensive language. World creators can turn mute assist on or off at any time in all of their public worlds from the Publish world menu.

This feature has been designed to help people have fun and build meaningful connections with fewer distractions. People can configure their mute assist settings for when they’re in worlds where mute assist is available. Please note that while this feature gradually rolls out, some people may not see it available in all worlds right away. To learn more about how to manage your microphone and mute settings in Worlds, please visit the Help Center.

Meta Credits can be used for in-world purchases, directly from your headset or the Meta Horizon mobile app. We’re rolling out Meta Credits over time starting with players in the US, UK, and Canada.

Once available for your account, Meta Credits can be purchased within Worlds on Meta Quest and in the Meta Horizon mobile app.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V183 is here! This week, we’re sharing more about the next-generation Meta Avatars and what they can do, rolling out the portal from Horizon Home to Horizon Central to more countries, and addressing a few bugs.

Last week, our next-generation Meta Avatars arrived in Worlds—and if you haven’t checked them out, now is the time! We’ve been happy to hear the reception from you all and look forward to seeing how you choose to show up in Worlds. To get better acquainted with your new Avatar, we wanted to share some additional information:

Coming to Worlds on October 10th, immerse yourself in the world of the hit NBC Original series The Office like never before and step inside the Dunder Mifflin paper company's offices in The Office World. Get to "work" with fun mini-games and earn “Schrute Bucks” by participating in activities, which you can use to purchase all kinds of interactive trinkets and customize your desk in this new social experience. (Hopefully you don't accidentally get your stapler stuck in a Jell-O mold in the process.)

Don't miss any news or updates on The Office World—subscribe to the RSVP page here. And if that's not enough, you can even watch The Office series itself via the Peacock app on Meta Quest.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Meta Horizon Worlds v182 is here! A big thank you to all who attended Connect 2024 this year—there were a number of exciting announcements and updates shared during the event. This week, updated avatars have landed in Worlds and we addressed a few bugs that were impacting people exploring on their mobile devices. Let’s dive in!

We’re excited to announce that our next-generation Meta Avatars have launched in Worlds! Starting today, jump in and customize your new avatar’s look and style. We’re introducing the ability to fine-tune everything from physical proportions to small details like nose shape, eye size, lip size, and more. The next-gen Meta Avatars will work across Meta Horizon, as well as Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger. You can learn more about Meta Avatars here.

For world creators, you may want to ensure that existing structures and furniture, lighting, and other features of your worlds are ready for next-gen avatars. For instance, you might want to try interacting with different parts of your world that could be affected by an avatar’s shape, such as attachables or doorways.

While we don’t anticipate that you’ll need to make any major changes or adjustments to your world(s), consider checking the following:

We hope you had as much fun as we did at Connect last week, whether you joined in-person, streamed it digitally, or experienced it in our virtual Connect World. In case you missed it, head to the Meta Connect 2024 event to watch the replay and redeem exclusive virtual rewards through October 3! You can also watch the keynote on the Meta Facebook Page.

Check out the new Horizon Worlds creator website! Whether you’re new to Horizon Worlds or have been here since the beginning, this is your new starting point for learning about our tools, finding opportunities and communities, and sharing your creativity.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V180 is here! This week, we have a fairly light update, including a few bug fixes and a quality of life improvement related to world ratings. We are T-minus eight days until this year’s Meta Connect kicks off on September 25, and we look forward to seeing you there!

Join us for Meta Connect on Wednesday, September 25. Hear from Mark Zuckerberg, Meta leaders, and industry experts as they discuss Meta's latest developments in AI, mixed reality, and wearables!

You can experience the event live in your headset alongside other Worlds attendees. RSVP now for event reminders. Watch with other people and unlock exclusive rewards in the process.

Beginning in October, updating your headset to v69 will be required to continue enjoying Meta Horizon social, co-presence enhanced experiences such as Worlds and Workrooms. Those who have not yet upgraded will be prompted to update to v69 before they can access these experiences.

We're excited to announce a three-tier update to our world ratings to make it clearer which age group each world is suitable for. For additional details on the new world ratings please refer to our Meta Horizon Worlds Content Guidelines.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V178 is here! This week’s update will make it easier for you to meet up and travel with multiple friends at the same time.

Invite + Travel Updates: We’re updating our invite feature to make it easier for you to meet up with friends in Meta Horizon Worlds. Now you can invite multiple friends to travel with you at once instead of inviting them one by one.

To invite multiple friends at once, head to the right-hand Social panel and choose Invite or Join. Then you can choose who you want to invite to travel, either by selecting them manually or using an invite code.

We’re rolling this improvement out gradually, so it may not be available to everyone while in testing.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds v177 is here! This week, we’re highlighting recent experiments to help with world discovery, making it easier for everyone to access the script library, and rolling out some bug fixes.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V174 is here! This week’s update includes a new quality of life improvement that will help you know whether your microphone is on or off when speaking, along with a handful of bug fixes.

We’re beginning to roll out a new microphone indicator in Worlds to help you see your microphone status while speaking.

When your microphone is set to OFF, an icon will show up on the left side of your screen showing that your microphone is muted. If your microphone is ON, the icon will indicate that the microphone is unmuted. In VR, the microphone indicator will only appear while you are speaking, but when exploring on mobile or browser/web, the microphone indicator will remain present even when you are not speaking. This feature will be turned on by default but you can choose to disable it from the Sound settings tab.

For more information on microphone and mute settings in Horizon Worlds, please visit the Meta Help Center.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V172 is here! This week, we’re expanding the list of world genre tags that creators can choose from to help people understand what their world has to offer, as well as fixing a few minor bugs. Let’s dive in!

Last week we announced improvements to our mobile app that enable you to explore easier than ever, right from your phone. You may need to update the app from your mobile app store on Android or iOS to see the latest changes.

What’s new with this update:

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.

Here are some of the known issues the Worlds team is currently investigating.

Meta Horizon Worlds V171 is here! This week we’re kicking off Summer Carnival 🌞🎪 and rolling out a few quality of life improvements, including updates to sound settings that will give you more control over who you can hear (and vice versa) and search and discovery improvements for worlds and events. We are also starting to roll out an update to help world creators use and optimize scripts when building, along with a number of bug fixes. Read on for more!

Fresh off her show-stopping Coachella debut, join Sabrina Carpenter as she brings her chart-topping hits into VR! She’s working late ’cause she’s a singer in Meta Horizon Worlds where you’ll get a better-than-front-row seat to dance and sing along to song of the summer “Espresso” and favorites “Feather” and “Nonsense,” among many others. Fire up your headset as Sabrina Carpenter: A VR Concert kicks off July 19 in Music Valley.

Summer Carnival is coming to Worlds and the animals are out! During Summer Carnival, you can earn exclusive summer rewards, attend the biggest concerts in Music Valley, and earn carnival tickets to redeem in the brand new rewards shop!

With Summer Carnival, we’re launching a brand new rewards shop in Worlds. You can access the shop at any time in Horizon Central or from the menu. In the shop, you’ll find limited-time avatar items, emotes and stickers that can be redeemed with the carnival tickets you’ll earn all summer long!

We’re improving our sound settings to give you more control over who you can hear (and who can hear you) while in Worlds. The previous Voices and Voice Mode settings are being replaced with a single setting called Voice Channel that makes it easy to choose who you want to interact with.

There are two Voice Channel options:

To adjust Voice Channel settings, go to Settings > Sound and select your desired Voice Channel option.

A previous experiment to improve the search experience has now rolled out to everyone! As a reminder, we were testing out a new “All” default tab that would return both worlds and events when searching.

Separately, we are now testing out a new feature in which worlds will begin showing up in a new Worlds tab within the Horizon Store. We believe this will help users discover more experiences that they want to engage with.

Here are some highlighted bug fixes for this week’s release.