Ten years in, the company has been renamed, numerous variations of hardware and software have been tried, and all the pieces for a platform are theoretically in place. Yet users seem to only show up for occasional fitness and horror games. But Apple is entering the headset market this year, which could be a turning point eventually.
Can Quest 3 be like Windows 3.0? Seems unlikely, but at least it’s interesting to see these giant companies push so hard for a new interaction paradigm.
If you're already struggling to get developer mindshare, the last thing you should be doing is making backwards-incompatible changes every other year and force everyone to start from scratch.
A Facebook phone would have many problems, but I'm sure they would at least not be as stupid as Microsoft was.