Perhaps you're imagining VR as an alternative to real life, but it's actually just an alternative to gaming on a monitor. I don't expect it to be comparable to

Perhaps you're imagining VR as an alternative to real life, but it's actually just an alternative to gaming on a monitor. I don't expect it to be comparable to life, I just expect it to be better than gaming on my monitor, and even then only for really particular games. You wouldn't play an RTS in VR, or even FPS games like Counter-Strike, since the actual gameplay of CS is mouse precision, reflexes and playspace awareness. So VR is a niche even within the gaming community and will never replace the monitor except for some circumstances. But it does enable unique experiences that no other platform can. Where VR excels is in visual immersion, intuitive interaction and spatial awareness. So it excel in games like racing and flight simulators, space sims, and in things like puzzle games where manipulating things with your hands adds a new dimension to the game.