Eight years after buying the VR startup Oculus and proclaiming digital reality the next step in computing, Mark Zuckerberg is still talking about selling devices to early adopters, with the idea that its features will eventually trickle down to more affordable gear.And groups of VR explorers at companies that use Meta’s productivity app Workrooms will be able to pop in via Zoom.During the keynote of Meta Connect, the company’s annual event for VR developers, Zuckerberg gave people a glimpse of what Meta calls “the future of meetings.” It's a shared space called a “Magic Room,” which Meta says is intended to “make collaborators feel equally present in a shared space, no matter where they are or what tech they’re using.” The company says you can even achieve this presence in virtual reality via your phone.But in the clip Zuckerberg showed to illustrate this vision, the playing field seems far from level.But the fourth participant was a second-class citizen of the metaverse, visible only as a face on a virtual monitor, numbly grinning while he watched others creating what looked like a fairly lame toy skateboard out of thin air."