Having just finished "Ready Player One" (Ernest Cline, recommended), I think the 'if you build it' approach may work here. If the virtual world essentially bec

Having just finished "Ready Player One" (Ernest Cline, recommended), I think the 'if you build it' approach may work here. If the virtual world essentially becomes where you go for TV / film / music (which isn't impossible, when you look at how we're starting to consume) and where you chat whilst getting to be the version of yourself you really want to be, or using it for an escapist 'coworking space', or whatever else - I could see it having some future. It would probably encourage interest if the inequality gap broadened and people struggled with terrible living conditions, or a more dystopian world, and looked for escapism. All big ifs, of course...