This assumes that the virtual realities are constructed in a proprietary model with consumers and producers. Actually, everybody would have to be both, otherwis

This assumes that the virtual realities are constructed in a proprietary model with consumers and producers. Actually, everybody would have to be both, otherwise the system would grind to a halt with consumers unable to raise funds to purchase products. But information doesn't need to be rationed in that way: what happens if people join an open source virtual reality instead, where consumption is unlimited and production is voluntary? Nothing in this world would be part of the economy as economists measure it.