my thought exactly. We've had virtual worlds and communities as long as we've had the internet, and the idea of carrying "stuff" from one to the other never worked out.

So my bet is that there will never be The Metaverse just like there never was The Forum, The MMORPG, The MUD.

We may still have useful/fun stuff in specific VR worlds, of course.

But interestingly there is The Internet. But perhaps because that exists, there's no need for the interconnectedness promised by the other things because the internet already delivers it. Or perhaps the future holds multiple internets (especially with political regions doing their best to balkanize the legality of various uses of the internet)?

There was an attempt to connect MUDs together using a protocol called InterMUD, but it never really caught on.

It would be hilarious if this became the next "dropbox" comment. I'm placing my stake here just in case! :)

Interestingly we don't yet have a player coming it with a "we made it cheap and simple" solution.

Even Meta's Quest hardware is still not at that point, and the ecosystem is pretty small. I feel like we're not even at the "No wireless. Less space than a Nomad." stage yet.

Good point. There have been attempts by PC manufacturers to make VR headsets. We need a Windows like OS to make this possible I suppose.

Why wouldn't one win out? There were multiple competing "internets" and now there is the one.