Supernatural VR Exercise App to Relaunch as Independent Company After Meta Cuts
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Lawrence Bonk
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Summary
Meta cut its VR division, shutting down updates for the popular exercise app Supernatural. However, the app is being revived as an independent company called Supernatural Health, which plans to launch the new version this fall — months before Meta's planned shutdown.
Key quotes
· 4 pulledMeta recently made major cuts across its entire VR and metaverse division, laying off hundreds and shuttering three studios.
The company also announced that the popular exercise app Supernatural would no longer be updated with fresh content.
Supernatural is coming back as a new and independently-owned app.
A new company called Supernatural Health is readying the app for launch this fall.
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