I'm actually really high on the metaverse. Not in the short term (next 5-ish years) but in the long term (15-20+ years). Oddly enough, it was the Unreal 5 Matr

I'm actually really high on the metaverse. Not in the short term (next 5-ish years) but in the long term (15-20+ years). Oddly enough, it was the Unreal 5 Matrix demo that swayed me. I think super realistic graphics is the missing piece (over the current cartoony graphics that we see today). Once you get a Quest like device capable of Unreal 5 level graphics then I think it starts to take off. I also think younger generations (who will be young adults in the 2030s and 40s) that grew up on games like Roblox (which now has a VR version) and Fortnite will be more amenable to spending time in virtual worlds. I suspect that the metaverse of the 2040s will be more of a stationary experience. Sort of like the internet of the 1990s. The metaverse of the 2060s becomes much more mobile with very, tiny and light AR devices.