> I imagine too what an outrageously high pixel count a VR set would have to have to render a virtual TV with the same resolution as a real one.

Yup. It might take decades to get there, but I think we'll get there.

> And even aside from the above, I really can't see myself putting something on my face and dropping out of my environ for anything more than about 5 or 10 minutes. It's just weird.

I'm envisioning the equivalent of a pair of spectacles. People wear spectacles all day every day without _too_ much issue.