Meta has taken out the VR fitness game Supernatural instead of just killing it

Meta’s attempt to pioneer the metaverse and make VR cool Totally confusedExcept for one brilliant diamond in the rough: supernaturala VR fitness game that makes working out fun and accessible. Now, users can rejoice that Supernatural isn’t shutting down after all.

Mita has been through troubles Fighting an antitrust battle for eight months So it can acquire the game studio Inside, which produced Supernatural, in 2023. The deal is reportedly worth about 400 million dollarsplus the cost of fighting and winning an FTC lawsuit. But after all that effort, dead Demobilization Much of its VR team announced that it would stop adding new content after just a few years.

But Meta had a rare moment of mercy and listened to the super users who protest The sad fate of the application. After about five months, the Meta is now allowing Team Supernatural to become a game New independent company It’s called Supernatural Health, which will take over the app later this year.

“Supernatural Health has been reborn. Same trainers, same DNA, same obsession with making fitness feel like the best part of your day—now under a new, independent company, starting from the ground up,” Supernatural Health says on its website. Website.

Who is behind Super Health? The original founders, of course.

It’s a happy ending, but it’s maddening. It’s the organizational equivalent of a high school student professing his undying love to his crush through an elaborate prom, then navigating a tense dinner with his partner’s parents to prove they have good intentions, only to break up immediately after the dance.

“We are grateful for the platform and resources Meta provided during this critical growth phase,” Supernatural Health said books. “This shift reflects a shared belief that the Supernatural community is best served by an independent, focused team. The Meta has been supportive throughout.”

I’ll be here to be appalled at how stupid this whole situation is, but at least I know that one online community has escaped the cruel anvil of big tech.

“Like many of us, I was devastated when the trainers were let go and were told that our beloved Supernatural, even though we loved it and it was great, would never be better than it was. What we had was what we had. We all felt like it was bought to kill,” books In the public supernatural Facebook group. “I’m such a sap. Why am I crying?”