Platform Engine Split Marginalizes VR

Major platforms can sustain a technical split that preserves legacy VR access while steering future investment toward flatscreen engines, creating a two-tier creator ecosystem: supported legacy experiences with limited discoverability, and a new app experience designed for mobile/web. That split forces creators to choose between maintaining older VR-built worlds without store visibility or rebuilding for a flatscreen engine that aligns with the platform’s growth priorities. — This pattern matters because platform engineering and storefront rules, not just user demand or technology readiness, can determine whether whole creative ecosystems (like social VR) survive or wither.