Yes, but reality also has a lot of established patterns for minimizing that latency so people can play together live. Musicians in an orchestra pit or on a foo

Yes, but reality also has a lot of established patterns for minimizing that latency so people can play together live. Musicians in an orchestra pit or on a football field visually synchronize to a shared clock -- the conductor visibly keeping time. In a live setting, musicians use monitors (in-ear or wedges) that zip the sound of their bandmates to them via the speed of light. I've never seen virtual jamming over a network without a shared clock actually work, because once you get to 200ms round-trip it just doesn't work.