Meta Launches Horizon Worlds Platform in France and Spain

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Meta is expanding its metaverse offerings in Europe - the corporation has announced the launch of one of its metaverse platforms, Horizon Worlds, in Spain and France.

According to Meta, all citizens of thesecountries over 18 years of age will be able to use the application using one of the virtual reality headsets sold by the company. Horizon Worlds allows you to plunge into a virtual world in which the user is represented by a customizable avatar, navigate worlds created by other players, and also master content developed by other companies. 

The move is part of an initiative to launchHorizon Worlds in more European countries by 2023. Since 2020, the app has been available to users as an invitation-only closed beta. The company launched it to users in the US and Canada last December, and this year Meta opened the platform to customers in the UK, Ireland and Iceland.

Spain is especially important for the company, sinceMeta decided to invest more than a billion dollars in the construction of a giant data center in the Talavera de la Reina area. In addition, a new Meta Workers’ will be built in Madrid. The Hub is a metaverse lab that the company is building in partnership with Telefonica to encourage firms to make products based on the metaverse.

"Spain is at the forefront of Europeantechnologies. The country benefits from two strong technology hubs: Barcelona and Madrid. As our company prepares to develop the metaverse, we are putting Spain at the center of our plans,” said Vice President of Product Javier Olivan.

Meta previously announced that the Instagram-supported digital collectibles feature would be launched in 100 countries.