I tend to agree, I don't think VR is addressing the major problems - it's simply adding a layer on top of something that is still fundamentally not as frictionl

I tend to agree, I don't think VR is addressing the major problems - it's simply adding a layer on top of something that is still fundamentally not as frictionless as meeting in person. VR simply adds another input layer and more hardware to go wrong. Land-lines may have lacked fidelity but they were near enough to 100% reliable and simple enough for a child to use which is quite an achievement. In the world of consumer teleconferencing we are not even close to that experience.