You totally had me until you mentioned VR which is totally trivial compared to emulating a human brain. I think there was never the question if VR would be poss

You totally had me until you mentioned VR which is totally trivial compared to emulating a human brain. I think there was never the question if VR would be possible because we had forms of it 2 decades ago. It was more a question about the market actually existing and technology become faster and smaller to make it financially viable for mainstream consumers.