I always thought that Metaverse is a stupid idea, it can only succeed when VR is massively popular, which it is not right now. Zuck is trying to put a cart before the horse.
That's called "timing the markets"
Like you said VR might get popular in the future even though I don't see that happening but the time is definitely not now.
The thing is Zuck ran out of creativity. He bought Instagram and Whatsapp and these were his last good moves with FB. Actually it is whatsapp and instagram keeping the whole thing alive. FB itself is a damn cemetery. Yes some people use it but it is far from its former glory especially now they are censoring and banning people left and right just because they used some curse words. Wtf is this place? Even your local high school has more freedom than facebook.