Apple's Metaverse Move: Apathy or Excitement?

Interest in the metaverse has stalled, but Apple is expected to debut its virtual reality hardware product at its Worldwide Developers Conference. The company is betting that it can tempt consumers with mixed reality products better than Meta, whose high-end Quest Pro headsets have not sold well, and that it can ignite mainstream interest in virtual reality in a way that other companies have not. Despite the decline in interest, many argue it’s far too soon to write off the idea of the metaverse.