People dunk on Meta for overhyping the metaverse and spending absurd amounts of money on it, but I don't think they get enough credit for the amount of useful R

People dunk on Meta for overhyping the metaverse and spending absurd amounts of money on it, but I don't think they get enough credit for the amount of useful R&D that absurd amount of money has enabled. Sure, from a business perspective it's probably silly, but from a tech-person perspective can't we celebrate truly impressive advancements in AI, optics, and hardware design for the VR space? As far as I know Quest 2 is STILL the best (and most affordable) option* for untethered VR hardware by far (and IMO it's legitimately very good). Quest 3 is coming out soon and I am super excited to see how it compares. * except maybe Pico 4, but that's hard to get in the US