Metaverse never made sense to me except as science fiction. Because you can’t navigate a virtual space by walking (you’ll hit a physical wall in your environment), it’s hosed. And those to whom virtual escapism most appeals are likely also the most physically constrained.

Design and software at Apple. Also into AI, philosophy of mind, ethics.

I agree, escapism is a bad avenue to venture into to market the Metaverse, the marketing should be more realistic and sell the idea about improving remote work-spaces with rich virtual environments for starters (Apple is taking this approach(?)), that might yield better results.