Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users (Neal Stephenson/Graphomane)

Neal Stephenson / Graphomane: Neal Stephenson says he no longer believes head-mounted displays are the future, citing public discomfort with the devices and a general distrust of the users — Reflections on the latest and greatest Death of the Metaverse — It feels incumbent upon me to write something about last week's big news …