Meta mercifully spun out VR fitness game Supernatural instead of just killing it

Key points

• Meta’s attempt to pioneer a metaverse and make VR cool totally flopped, except for one shining diamond in the rough: Supernatural, a VR fitness game that made working out feel fun and accessible.
• Now, users can rejoice that Supernatural isn’t shutting down after all.
• Meta went through the hassle of fighting an eight-month antitrust battle so that it could acquire Within, the game studio that made Supernatural, in 2023. The deal was reportedly worth around $400 million, plus however much it costs to fight and win an FTC lawsuit.
• Yet after all that effort, Meta laid off much of its VR team and announced that it would stop adding new content just a few years later.
• But Meta had a rare moment of mercy and listened to the Supernatural users who protested the app’s sad fate.