The AR push is also an issue in itself. There are very fundamental issues that remain unresolved, and I would say untackled even.

VR setups make you isolated and vulnerable. Any VR device is really awkward to use in public (read: in your living room or in an office).

In turn, AR setups that let the world through reduce image quality by virtue of being transparent, and it is unclear that they provide advantages. You get a slightly more immediate access to notifications in return for permanently pointing a camera towards anything you look at, which is understandably not well received.

And that's just for content consumption. When you introduce work, input is still significantly worse unless you're sitting in front of a keyboard and mouse, in which case you might as well have a full laptop.