I recently have been considering whether space travel is even relevant to advanced species. Assuming the technological knowhow for interstellar travel requires

I recently have been considering whether space travel is even relevant to advanced species. Assuming the technological knowhow for interstellar travel requires much more evolution and adaptation I wonder if at that point we or any species would be interested in physically travelling. Early scientific research was mostly based on field observations due to the lack of intricate technological understanding. As we advance, more and more of our research is done in labs and on computers for obvious reasons. I doubt aliens or our future selves will be reliant on field observations for research. The ocean is on our doorstep, yet vast amounts of research have not gone into exploring that compared to space. The reason is because of the perceived potential outcomes of space vs ocean exploration. The same reasons will stop us from exploring physical space in the future, and could be preventing aliens from exploring now. Eventually a matrix like integration with technology could give ourselves access to realities with enough to keep our minds occupied. Not only could we have access to procedurally generated worlds, but procedurally generated physics and rules to those worlds. Once we crack the locks to access the rules our consciousness we can generate even more "realities" to explore. Natural evolution of the mind could negate the need for the technological matrix. I consider the mind to be the end game for exploration. The "last frontier" if you will. Negating the need for physical travel. Consider as an example the Organian way of life from Star Trek.