It lacks imagination to think we've already discovered all the different ways to create shared spaces and inhabit them with today's internet and available media

It lacks imagination to think we've already discovered all the different ways to create shared spaces and inhabit them with today's internet and available media. I've no doubt there will one day be an iPhone moment for VR or AR, and therefore for 3D interfaces. But I don't believe it's this decade, however much money VCs throw at it. The 3D worlds bit of the metaverse just seems incredibly tedious to me, however flashy the demos. It all detracts from what could be genuinely interesting conversations about if and how we _actually_ want to weave the internet more tightly into our lives.