The boss of Horizon Worlds, Facebook's metaverse, has resigned

Vivek Sharma, vice president of Meta and head of Horizon Worlds, has resigned.

The information, revealed by

, was confirmed by the group that owns Facebook on Friday, reports

.

Vivek Sharma had been in charge of the development of Facebook's metaverse since August 2021. Launched last August in France, Horizon Worlds was strongly criticized (especially after the publication of a "selfie" of Mark Zuckerberg) and did not attract as much Internet users in the world than the group had hoped.

A mysterious departure

Meta previously had two separate divisions for the metaverse: the one led by Vivek Sharma was solely dedicated to Horizon Worlds, while another, led by Vishal Shah, dealt with the metaverse in general.

After this departure, the two divisions should be merged into one.

Vivek Sharma arrived at Meta in 2016, after a stint at Microsoft.

He first worked in the group's gaming division.

The reasons for his departure were not revealed but would not be related to a new professional opportunity, according to Meta.

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