I remember a conversation with friend about twenty years ago (yeah, I'm old). We're talking about the new exciting thing, mobile phones. "There's no way anyone, save for a few weirdos or people who must have it because of their job, will willingly give up their privacy by having a phone in the pocket all day along!" - said the friend, I remember like it was yesterday.

Not really the same though is it? A mobile doesn't strap on to your face and add half a kilo of weight to your head.

I was talking about the danger of predicting success of some technology based on personal bias, not about similarity between a VR headset and a mobile phone.

Duh.

I'm surprised you didn't link to the classic Slashdot post on the iPod!

If you have a VR headset, you may as well get a comfy reclining chair too. Or lie down on your bed/couch -- either way, your head can be supported by things that are not your neck muscles.

But how do you type in that position? Or were you not planning to type anything?

Do you know any programmer who wouldn't want more screen space?

What if you had FullHD resolution pixels, much less Retina pixels anywhere you looked?

Maybe you're not imagining hard enough? The possibilities, to me, are rather mind-bogglingly awesome.