Metaverse stocks with near-term potential, or the industry still too “far out” at this point.

The “metaverse” seems all the rage lately, the hype making it seem like we're about to be thrust into some bright new science fictiony future. Intrigued, I took a small position in Matterport as my lone metaverse stock, but the performance has been pretty Meh-tterport so far. What do you see as the potential for this industry near term? Will big players such as META or GOOGL simply buy up babies like MTTR, or are can companies such as MTTR or U become big players on their own in the long term?