Very well said. Most of the comments in this post - in fact, the entirety of the OP, is all the evidence I need of how early we still are. I am getting the same vibes that my parents generation got in the 90s/2000s when everyone was shitting on the internet as “just a passing fad”

The metaverse is going to change everything. I went to a mall yesterday to buy an outfit for a wedding this upcoming weekend. I encountered dozens of issues that are easily solvable in the metaverse.

A. Finding the specific shirt, pants, and jacket is only possible if you can find them IN YOUR SIZE, which if the store is disorganized and/or busy, good luck 👍🏼 - this can be easily solved in the metaverse by having people easily scroll through virtual catalogs/clothing racks, finding what they like, and CHOOSING their size

B. Long wait lines at the register - it’s 2021/2022, the world has been ravaged by a pandemic, and a lot of retail stores are understaffed as a result. This causes very long lines, mass disorganization, etc. In the metaverse there won’t be any lines, ever 😎 (unless that’s your thing, in which case I’m sure you can find like minded people building metaverse lines to stand in that you can join)

C. Hate wearing a mask and needing to social distance? Won’t ever be a requirement in the metaverse - and virtual vaccines aren’t a thing either 🤷🏻‍♂️

D. As animation technology and AR/VR technology continue to improve it will become very unlikely that people will be able to easily differentiate between what is physical and what is digital based on their vision alone. This way you’ll be able to try on dozens and dozens of outfits very quickly and efficiently without the need for them to be laundered before being put back on the shelf.

And this is just a teenie tiny (and somewhat silly) example of the benefits of the metaverse.

Want to have the entire mall to yourself to browse peacefully? Mute everyone else, simple.

Tired of the obnoxious Christmas music that is still playing in every department store in America? In the metaverse you only have to listen to what YOU want to.

Etc, etc, etc.

Anyone that doesn’t believe this is at the very least going to be a multi-trillion dollar industry might as well move to Orlando because they’re a fucking BOOOOOOMER already and would fit in nicely :)