The metaverse—a virtual-reality space in which users can interact—is a far-off concept for some consumers and industry experts who anticipate it will be a fleeting fad. Results of a recent McKinsey consumer survey suggest it will stick around. On average, respondents expect to spend nearly four hours a day in the metaverse in five years.

To read the article, see “Probing reality and myth in the metaverse,” June 13, 2022.