Vive has a wireless adapter now, and Vive Pro bumped the resolution from 1st gen, so two of your points are in progress.

Still not all that friendly to setup and use. I think only consoles will be able to raise market penetration short to mid term.

I have a PSVR, and I hardly use it. Reason? The cabling arrangement is a mess, there's no built-in audio (so unless you have wireless headphones that's another annoying cable), the PS Camera has to be in exactly the right position vertically to track you properly and you also can't be more than a few feet away from it. To be honest, PSVR is only really usable on a regular basis if you had a dedicated PS4 that's set up in a room just for VR.

All of those things and taking away the requirement to own a $1k gaming rig would make it a much better experience than what it is now. I currently own the original Vive with the TPCAST (SFFPC doesn't allow for the extra PCI slot) and it's a pain to set up and there aren't many good games with the depth of a standard "flat" game.

I actually think PSVR is the most likely to hit it off since the PS4+PSVR combo is much cheaper consumer friendly option.

increasing the pixel count is going to mean needing a $2k gaming rig : /

Honestly, I liked my time with the Vive, but what finally sold me was Windows MR.

For only 300€ I bought an Acer WMR headset with better res than the Vive, no funky sensor setup required, and no fiddle adjustments needed to get it to focus with my eyesight. I put it on and it just works.

If the Samsung WMR ultra set were available here I’d happily have bought that instead, but they stupidly refuse to sell it in Europe.

I really think MS might be on to something here, I only hope the fixed specs don’t make it too unappealing for manufacturers to support.