VR will certainly be big, but it'll be a while until it gets there. What we have at the moment is... not that. It's a nice tech demo with a few uses for gaming

VR will certainly be big, but it'll be a while until it gets there. What we have at the moment is... not that. It's a nice tech demo with a few uses for gaming and training purposes, but it's a far cry away from what people would want to use on a more regular basis. When it gets to the point of direct brain connections and input controlled directly by your mind/body (like say, The Matrix or many fictional works with 'lotus eater machines'), then that's where the market will take off. Gaming would see its biggest tech leap since 3D became a big thing in the 90s, theme parks would see a boom in activity, remote working would become virtually indistinguishable from the real thing and the internet would see a bit of a revolution too. But while clunky helmets and controllers/mice/whatever are needed, it's not gonna take off or go mainstream.