I'm personally totally sold on the metaverse, and would prefer to hold my meetings in-world whenever possible. But, for some reason, when I'm attending *other people's* meetings, I prefer convenience!
See I'm already in my own virtual world. I already have my avatar set up, my voice working, etc... It seems a no brainer to invite people to come over and join me so we can discuss our latest project.
But when I'm the invitee -- especially if I haven't used their particular platform before -- I have to download the software. Create an avatar. Figure out how to upload whatever content I plan to bring to the meeting. Get my voice working. Arrgh!
Even when its a familiar platform, like, say, Second Life or OSgrid, I still have to budget enough time to launch the viewer - and, if it's in Second Life, enough time to install whatever update they're pushing! And, also if it's SL, time to log in and out a couple of times until voice clicks in. Then to get dressed -- do I have an appropriate outfit on? Or am I still wearing party clothes from some themed event I went to last? Then the teleport link won't work, and I have to track down the organizer for a teleport invite -- while every other attendee is struggling through the same issues. Then -- according to Murphy's Law -- the grid or region will go down for a backup, or because some script suddenly decided to spin out of control.
Now, I did list three exceptions -- if everyone is ALREADY in-world, if everyone PREFERS to meet in-world, or if you can ONLY reach them in-world.
But if you're a company, and you're trying to promote your virtual environment to a journalist, and then you have them come in to your virtual platform and then YOU DON'T USE IT FOR ANYTHING VIRTUAL -- just to talk and show some pictures -- then you've wasted an opportunity, wasted the journalist's time, and made your platform look bad. Because -- even though I'm a big fan of the metaverse and KNOW what you can do in virtual environments -- I'm still left with the impression that THEIR virtual environment is only good for showing pictures and sitting on virtual chairs.