I'm not the parent - but Carmack has curated a history of being very wrong about VR and it's potential. Practically none of his predictions since joining Oculus

I'm not the parent - but Carmack has curated a history of being very wrong about VR and it's potential. Practically none of his predictions since joining Oculus/Meta have become reality - and probably never will. He's at the stage of his life/career where he doesn't have to actually worry about a successful product. He's probably content to just hack on cool tech - regardless of outcome. So, take his predictions for all things VR-related as wishful thinking. Maybe they'll become true, but probably not. He'll have a ton of fun either way.