Any kind of a metaverse was never going to work when it was owned by 1 giant company. It needs to be standardized, a protocol, that multiple vendors can operate within. Like HTTP or IRC.
This, 100% this! I was all excited by VR with the hype Oculus was generating, got the headset and was having fun when Facebook bought them and drained all the excitement away in a moment :-(
I got a pimax headset later but it was never the same.