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> VR is in my opinion a success if it becomes normal but no one really uses it day to day.

I think pretty much all the members of my family regularly play games in VR (on their own headsets).

> But as something central like I imagined the metaverse or what ready player one proposed?

We don’t actually want that. That movie was supposed to display something dystopian. Meta is something dystopian.

Heh. My personal take on Facebook's Metaverse[1] is that it jams the entire framing of VR computing through the prism of "social network", which causes all kinds of poor product focus and misaligned incentives.

With that said, I personally don't mind Meta selling Quest units at a loss. It's been a net good for the ecosystem (IMO), and has exposed a lot of people to VR who wouldn't be able to afford a headset otherwise. I just think their product direction & focus is otherwise shit.

[1] https://simulavr.com/blog/we-dont-want-the-metaverse/

It's mostly just a shitty version of VRChat with people you don't like.

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