Metaverse=Jobs in the Robotic Era?

A book called Otherland talks about more commerce occuring through something like the Internet than the real world

A review of another book, Synthetic Worlds, says the following.

"Will a day ever come when we spend more time in these synthetic worlds than
in our own? Or even more startling, will a day ever come when such questions no
longer sound alarmist but instead seem obsolete?"

"People of all ages and from all walks of life now spend thousands of
hours—and dollars—partaking in this popular new brand of escapism. But the line
between fantasy and reality is starting to blur. Players have created virtual
societies with governments and economies of their own whose currencies now
trade against the dollar at rates higher than the yen. And the players who
inhabit these synthetic worlds are starting to spend more time online than at
their day jobs."