Christopher Allen, COO of space nova inc. and CSO of Allen Interactions. Building better digital learning experiences for all humanity.

VR headset hardware is arguably in its early days. Inflation and future consumer economic concerns will no doubt delay the adoption of headphone purchasing a little longer than many investors expect. Meta revised monthly active user goals from 500,000 by the end of 2022 to 280,000, and many Meta Horizon Worlds users are currently stopping using the app after the first month. Trends suggest that experiences don’t grab users’ attention or wow early adopters enough to encourage others to join them online.

After the economic headwinds subside, could the metaverse satisfy our cognitive need to disengage from…