You had a good article, and you had to ruin it with a "both sides" ending.

We've had various virtual realities for twenty years now. Second Life does pretty well everything that Meta is supposed to do in the future, and it hasn't taken off.

Outside gaming, no one is going to want it. But gamers won't want the blocky, childish animation that we have been shown.

It can't ever be required for any work activity, because a lot of people like you and I get nauseated.

I don't really do the Internet on a phone, but most people do, because of the incredibly low barrier to entry: you get a beep on your phone, you make a couple of swipes, you're done. No one's going to put on a headset just to favorite a Tweet.

There are billions of Internet users in the developing world. They can get onto the Internet with a $20 knockoff smartphone. A VR headset will always cost a lot more than a cellphone because it has everything a cellphone has, and a lot more.

Facebook simply thinks they can push crap on us because they are Facebook. But people are too lazy, too cheap and too superficial - all in a good way, this time - to want to cooperate. It will be interesting to see what happens.