Personally I love the immersive feeling, at least for some experiences. IMAX movies are a level up from normal cinema, which is a level up from TV.

I would think though that if that is the main target use you don't need to strap a computer on your head.

Crucially, I don't want the hassle of a headset to play something like Civ. """immersion""" doesn't add anything to that experience, and is actually a massive distraction

I said before somewhere else that I want to be invested in video games and their stories, characters, worlds.

I don't particularly want to be immersed in Slender or Diablo or MTG.

It can, but that only appeals to gaming or movie/TV aficionados, and otherwise is only for very occasional use as a novelty. It’s not something that would become an integral part of most people‘s life like a smartphone.

> It can, but that only appeals to gaming or movie/TV aficionados

I think you just described something like 95%+ of the US population. TV and movies and games are exceedingly popular.

That’s not what “aficionados” means.

Most of them usually watch the Currently Popular Thing on their phone with their $50 headphones. That's not what an aficionado does.

part if it is to extend my house - I have tiny rooms, in VR I am in a giant open world.

Same on the plane or train. I can wonder a beach or sail the ocean.