If you have a rich social life with friends you can interact with in person frequently (say in San Francisco, Manhattan, or locale of choice) why would you want to be in VR all day?
I understand the scenarios where your friends are far, or you're tired, or you're introverted (like me!), or you want to do things you cannot do in reality like fly, but I don't see how it will be anything more than a niche.
I know people like to compare VR with the internet, using the internet as a counterexample, but the internet is different because the internet does not require you to isolate yourself physically the same way VR does.
I know the metaverse is not VR, but right now it seems AR is very much in its infancy.
edit: and to clarify, I think even 10 million yearly active users would be "niche" (fb is ~3 billion active users for comparison).
I understand the scenarios where your friends are far, or you're tired, or you're introverted (like me!), or you want to do things you cannot do in reality like fly, but I don't see how it will be anything more than a niche.
I know people like to compare VR with the internet, using the internet as a counterexample, but the internet is different because the internet does not require you to isolate yourself physically the same way VR does.
I know the metaverse is not VR, but right now it seems AR is very much in its infancy.
edit: and to clarify, I think even 10 million yearly active users would be "niche" (fb is ~3 billion active users for comparison).