I blame much of the hype around the "metaverse" on crypto scammers. VR was arguably in a slow but steady growth phase centered around games until it got tied up

I blame much of the hype around the "metaverse" on crypto scammers. VR was arguably in a slow but steady growth phase centered around games until it got tied up with the overhyped and poorly defined buzz word, which also includes every hyped up technology in existence (AI, AR, Blockchain, etc). As a long time VR developer going back to 2015, it was hard to watch it happen.