WTF is the Metaverse?!

This would include the additional depth perception cues, the additional sensory feel and wayfinding affordances of a world, as opposed to the intuitive feel...

To me that's a pretty substantial difference that might even allow one to skip typical rest/withdrawal cycles and remain in-universe longer, while still getting the needed rest. So the medium itself may in fact be more persistent than say a text & keyboard-driven world, in effect creating a more persistent universe which would probably then feel more real, and more engaging.