I don’t know if you happen to have a ceramic factory nearby, but more often than not they have the factory shop where they sell deeply discounted products that have really minor defects that you can’t percieve but didn’t make it through qc.

Got some fancy high quality sets that way

For the VR thing? Yes. It has its use cases but not for massive adoption/daily use.

But a digital overlayed reality on top of our world accessed through wearables? Sure.

Like digital animated clothing, brand experiences, digital assets, custom ads… basically interactive elements scattered through our physical world only accessible through devices I pretty much believe it will happen.

Besides that there are also use cases for good in this scenario as in augmenting senses for people that don’t have them or lack some of (vision, hearing, …), or even have virtual companion pets or imaginary friends to fight solitude.

A million ways for “metaverse” to be a force for good.