@dabel....(....sorry, had to....)
"Are we not men? We are DEVO!" And the divergence is....more concerning, and on occasion disturbing....
Well, some audio ('av'...ok...) shows, 'meet 'n greets', occur if only to draw the minority ('us', if you will) into interactions that either serve to get a name, a product, or some business drawn in.
We're a very small slice of the pie chart.
AXPONA and the like may be doomed by the tech not of its' making, and I'm not referring to CV or what may lie in wait ahead in that surreality....
VR with your personal headphones might be in (if not yours) the future. A 'live audio feed' from an array of calibrated mics that, like your video view, allow you to move about, 'sit down' in a sweet spot, turn your 'head' 360x,y,z....
Or, travel to another city for a show that hyped an extravaganza and delivered a wet mop to the ears and eyes....and even a drink at the hotel bar costs as much as half of the bottle that 'contributed to it'....
...however blandly..... Even for a brew, FGS....🤦♂️😒
Some might want to actually want to meet me IRL, if only to toss me over a railing. Others, a nod, secretly dispatched...
"Happy Hour" name tags can be dangerous, dependent upon how one is perceived.... ;)