ByteDance Cuts Project Team of Social Metaverse Product Party Island

On October 17, STAR Market Daily learned from insiders at ByteDance that in order to reduce costs and increase efficiency, it had cut the project team for social metaverse app Party Island, and that relevant staff had returned to their original teams.

Party Island was launched in mid-July this year and is positioned as a social online platform. The slogan of the app is “In Party Island, no one is an isolated island.” It is a real-time online activity community, upon which players can chat and interact through virtual images, and it is regarded by the industry as the first step for ByteDance to enter the metaverse field.

The sources said that due to problems related to safety procedures, Party Island was soon removed from app stores, and the project team was canceled because its date of relaunching was unknown.