Paul Haddad 
The reality distortion field better be at record levels next week because I still don't get this headset stuff. I'd understand it as an R&D side project to be ready for 15-20 years from now when battery/compute tech might be ready. But this moonshot approach of throwing tons of resources at it and shipping something maybe even this year? Just don't see it working out.
Charlie Stross@paul I see it as most likely a worked example of the Abilene Paradox that, along with Meta's Metaverse boondoggle, will be taught in MBA courses in years to come (as an example of inexplicable groupthink errors): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abilene_paradox
Meanwhile, more promisingly, there are rumours that Linden Labs are finally going to release an iPadOS Second Life client this year.