How can it be dead? It hasn't even begun yet. The original iPhone was $500 w/ contract, the first iteration of a new technology is always going to be expensive.

How can it be dead? It hasn't even begun yet. The original iPhone was $500 w/ contract, the first iteration of a new technology is always going to be expensive. Plus the Rift and Vive are just the high-end headsets, the GearVR is doing pretty well at a much lower price point and now is being bundled with Galaxy S7 pre-orders. There will be millions of consumers with headsets by the end of the year and there's tons of momentum, it's not dead, it's unborn.