Metaverse was a horrible idea, but I think what they’re doing with vr/ar will be successful long term VR/AR applications for education and training are huge
If you have a decent PC, you can have surprisingly good experiences with a $200 Quest 2. I started playing VTOL VR as a "kids flight sim", and although it's a little heavy for the kids the experience of learning technical skills in modern VR is amazing. Doubly so when you have two people in the same aircraft.