There's currently a Virtual Desktop for Windows and it's pretty damn cool. Not quite ready to sell it for $60 or whatnot but it puts your desktop on a virtual

There's currently a Virtual Desktop for Windows and it's pretty damn cool. Not quite ready to sell it for $60 or whatnot but it puts your desktop on a virtual curved display in front of you and gives the option of some nice backgrounds (starfields and stuff like that). The only real issue is that until you've got some sort of passthrough, even a good touch-typist will find themselves peeking out under the HMD every so often. It's really best for messing with programs that are more GUI/mouse driven. I mostly just use it as an easy way to watch 3D movies in the Rift but it's got potential. And on the topic of games vs. everything else, I really do think that while games will be the initial focus, they won't be the final say. I'm more looking forward to VR "movies" where you feel like you're in the room with the action or VR telepresence where a few webcam-sized depth cameras are set up around the room at each end so a live, 3d reconstruction of an environment can be sent over networks and allow you to visit other locations or have "VR Skype" calls. That stuff will appeal to a much more general audience than the games which are the logical first avenue to explore.