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VR is actually really fun for gaming, but you don't need a $3500 headset for that.
I still haven't had the opportunity to try it. That said, I am very susceptible to motion sickness, and need what I see to match my balance or I start getting woozy fast. (It means I don't get to surf the web much on trolleys or busses, though I'm okay on BART)
I also can't ride those jostle rides. Star Tours at Disneland circa mid 1990s actually had it synced pretty well, but before and since, all these rights are a fast-track to vomittown.
So I'd need a game to be super Johnny-on-the-spot with framerate and matching the screen to the orientation of the headset. At $300+ it's been too expensive an experiment to consider the possibility it may sit on my shelf as a puke engine.
It is fun for a while but for most people the novelty wears off quickly and a vr headset just sits mostly unused in some cabinet. Wearing this kind of thing on your head is just annoying
The main problem is that they aren't comfortable to every head out of the box. They may never be able to achieve that. But third party comfort mods can take any headset to 8+ hours of perfect comfort for 99+% of people. And once you find out what works for your head personally, you can make all your future headsets just as comfortable first try. But the first time, you might have to try a few different options.
The VR communities have guides for how to try out a home-made free version of each type of comfort mod so you can more confidently purchase a more professionally made version. But even with that, I can see it being a sticking point. All we can hope is that 10 years from now, buying mods for your headset on day 1 is as normal as buying phone accessories day 1 with a new phone. And you can just ask your neighbor about what mods are good instead of the weird nerd in your life. Also, if you don't have a weird nerd in your life, that is step 1 to making sure you'll be ready for new tech early enough to benefit from seeming like you know what you are doing by the time everyone else finally gets on board.
There's new content coming out all the time.
It doesn't sit around if you find out about certain applications ... cough cough Virt-a-Mate
edit: downvote me haters, your loss