Being that the original meaning of the metaverse being basically the internet in virtual reality, yes it should be a hodgepodge of apps and services.

It seems people heard the word metaverse and think we will all live in virtual houses, walking virtual dogs, and shopping down virtual isles at supermarkets.

That's not the metaverse, that's a video game app for a virtual life. While there will be multiple games like this, it's not what the metaverse is.

The closet thing to the metaverse is Oculus Home (not Horizons), Steam VR, Windows Mixed Reality.

These platforms are in very early stages and mimic the dawn of internet services from AOL, Compuserve, Prodigy.

Do people think Metaverse is a single app? That the metaverse fails or succeeds based on the performance of one app?

If not, do they expect all the various apps and services within the metaverse to magically succeed without failure?

I would imagine there would be plenty of failed endeavors in virtual reality. Especially in it's infancy.

Like the multiple dot.com and e-commerce crashes throughout the late 90's and early 2000's. There should be failed ideas, businesses, and services.

I have been in the IT industry professionally for a long time. I get these r/Technology suggested posts but honestly this subreddit does not feel like it has IT professionals in it.