Table showing how Meta’s Horizon creator funding shifted from VR toward mobile between 2022 and 2026. In 2022, Meta tested direct creator bonuses and in-world purchases; in 2024, it awarded $500,000 in a creator competition; in 2025, it launched a $50 million Creator Fund and mobile-focused competitions; and in 2026, it began winding down the VR Creator Bonus Program and shifting Creator Fund support toward mobile worlds.