Vacations to beautiful tropical resorts can be very difficult. You have the problem with air travel, of immigration, and, just in general, the hassle of getting to the point where you are finally sitting on the beach and relaxing. And the expense tends to be prohibitive for most people.
I wonder whether we will ever get to the point where people will generally opt for a shared virtual reality experience of such vacations. Of course it doesn’t replace the real thing, but for the purposes of relaxation and getting a break from daily life, at some point it might be good enough to be a viable option.
We are certainly not there yet. But I suspect that we are getting to the point where it’s a reasonable thing to at least talk about.