I think some sort of "metaverse" outside of Meta Horizon Worlds could have been real, but I don't think anyone would have taken it seriously because it would ha

I think some sort of "metaverse" outside of Meta Horizon Worlds could have been real, but I don't think anyone would have taken it seriously because it would have just ended up another Second Life, Garry's Mod, or VRChat. That just doesn't sound like the next trillion dollar idea. It's barely a repeatable million dollar idea. Is there a possibility for some sort of new protocol and client software where people navigate 3D spaces that can be viewed by virtual reality headsets? Sure, I think so. But that too would be dominated by some sort of 3D GeoCities. It's not like people are going to be rushing to create the next Scottsdale Fashion Square and Apple Store in VR. There's vaguely this idea floating around that you could give a potentially cool thing to teenagers, and that thing being a VR third-space of sorts, but I think it would take someone with a meaningful vision to elucidate what that looks like, because it's not VR malls, and it's not Second-Life et al. It's totally something else. Who knows. Maybe it's chilling in a forest with a campfire and playing music together and sharing memes in tree houses. What happened to doing something cool first instead of focusing on the money? Everything that took off that I can think of was cool first, and the money came second, then it was milked to death until it wasn't cool anymore. Meta went straight to the end.