If you connect only with people in same echo chambers, you will invariably have very skewed perspective on real world, and you will not grok similar opinions.
Personal viewpoint - I was VR enthusiast since 90s. Then I sobered up when I grew up, and that seamless trouble-free experience that would make me want to spend time in VR instead of big screen never came. Still waiting for it.
Also people change, and thus markets change. I have much less free time, thus I value it massively. I am not going to spend it (on top of ridiculous amount of cash) on some geeky almost-there-in-next-5-years tech. But who knows, maybe Apple will finally make breakthrough on society and tech level. Maybe in 5 years. Or next 5. Till then, my cashflow will be pointed to matter actually important in life, and mighty useful right now, like new climbing shoes.
Also, where is actual content worthy of such investments?
Yes, the average Joe doesn't care about this stuff. That's why Ready Player One grossed 600 million dollars at the box office[0]. And why we've had movies like Tron since the 80's. And hypothetical tech in movies like Iron Man display AR/VR capabilities we dream about. Clearly the average Joe doesn't concern themselves with AR/VR or care about it becoming a reality. /s
[0]: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ready_Player_One_(film)#:~:t....
> for the pursuit of. . . What exactly?
Experience. Fun. Productivity. Emotion. All of the same things we look at screens for. I’m surprised that’s not clear.
People (homo sapiens) have sought these things in many mediums for as long as we’ve been sapiens. There is nothing categorically different about seeking these things in the kind of immersion that (so far) only headsets can give.
In the future we’ll have glasses and then BCI. I’m excited for both.
But if you’re seeing XR as pushed by waves hands with no consume pull or enthusiast hacking, I think you’re not looking with truly open eyes.