Is this going to end up being one of those cyclical things that happens every xx years?
Because this whole metaverse hype feels exactly like the whole VRML hype from the mid to late 90s.
"Everyone's going to be doing it." "It's the next big thing." "It's going to change the world." It's the exact same rehash of hyped up talking points from 25+ years ago.
I don't understand why there's this huge repetitive push for VR when nobody wanted it then, and still no one wants it now.

Those aging figures are at least 10 years out of date. With traditional RGB OLED there is still a mismatch between the aging rate between colors, but it's a known constant that can be adjusted for with per pixel counters to adjust brightness over time. The major downside is that now the panel's integrated processing now needs flash to store that data. Alternately, the way LG does it is to only use blue OLEDs with a phosphor to make all the subpixels white. With color filters for RGB, and an additional unfiltered white subpixel to increase brightness.