[CodeGlitch]

Have you used a vr headset? It's great for gaming if you want to experience immersion, but for everyone else it's like being blind folded (not ideal in a public or office environment).

No matter how good the hardware gets, vr will not reach mainstream audiences for a similar reason 3d glasses didn't. No one likes putting technology on their heads or faces. Spectacles are an exception.

[DaedPsyker]

I'm not really a fan of this argument, I think it really fails in explaining the failure of 3d glasses. 3d TV/films don't really change anything about delivery of content, it is a slight augmentation of regular 2d.

If we could achieve full star trek holodeck but needed a headset (so maybe mixed with a bit of matrix) I don't anyone would be complaining. Now, vr still isn't holodeck level obviously and it's still an open question if it's usefulness can overcome the downsides of a headset but it will die for being of limited utility, not because it is a headset.