thomasfuchs, I don't subscribe to tech luddism, if VR is helpful to people, I hope it's a great success.
But the last 40 years of VR hype have led to… barely some niche applications. Most people buying headsets usually aren’t using them after a while. Headset market is shrinking currently after a peak during the height of the pandemic.
However, the notion that somehow VR headsets are designed to make us into slaves of big tech is ludicrous.