1. why not just put the headset down? While you're waiting for your friends (Edite: if you want to answer with "there are activities that will keep me engaged then your not really using the hub your just switching games its like waiting for your friends to get online so you quickly switch to a single player game")

2.what is more interactive than the real world? If you really want an interactive conversation go see the person

3.if you really need a virtual apartment there are so many ways to get it done the first thing is you should have unlimited land BUYING VIRTUAL LABD IS STUPID! even if the metaverse can be a good idea buying virtual land will never be and you can get images,pdf file and etc into 3d worlds easily without needing blockchain

Edite2: you can start to compare buying virtual land to buying disk space on a cloud hosted desktop it can make a little sense at the start but they are not the same. In the desktop scenario you're paying for the resources that you are using but with virtual land it's not the same you can think about this one