From VR to web: lessons learned as Horizon Workrooms shuts down (a developer postmortem)
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From VR to web: lessons learned as Horizon Workrooms shuts down (a developer postmortem)

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2026-02-28
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A technical postmortem of Horizon Workrooms' shutdown with actionable engineering lessons for sustainable collaboration platforms.

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