Meta’s, parent company of Facebook aAttempts to create a “metaverse” failed and failed to attract enough user interest to succeed despite founder Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the technology.

Big Tech company’s main metaverse, Horizon Worlds, has reported a low user base and is struggling to get users back, according to the Wall Street Journalwhich reported disappointing new user numbers just a week after Meta Connect, in which the company touted the next version of its VR headset and advocated a multi-year effort to build the future of the internet in the metaverse.

While the company initially proposed to get 500,000 monthly active users on its Horizon Worlds virtual reality platform by the end of…