For years people had been waiting for virtual reality goggles to make good on the promise of the digital metaverse. But, as with so many paradigm shifts, the VR killer app had slipped in via a side door: audio. AirPods had ushered in a new reality as surely as the iPhone had. The metaverse was the internet whispering in your ear.--

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