I saw a VR commercial on TV during the Cowboys game last night . It showed a bunch of people experiencing VR for the first time and being blown away , smiles and awe and all . And that ' s my sentiments exactly it ' s really , really cool the first time you use it . After that , it loses its appeal very quickly for all but a very select , few , niche users . As long as we ' re tied to a computer with cords and wires , and as long as it requires a clunky albeit lightweight headset , and as long as it takes you completely out of reality and into your own , very singleplayer dimension , I can ' t possibly see how it ' s going to be the next big thing . One guy asked me on here how cool it would be to watch the Superbowl in VR , where you could see the game from the viewpoint of sitting in the stands as if you were really there . I said , That ' s not cool at all . What , am I supposed to take the headset off every time I want a fresh beer , then have to go put it back on and miss whatever they were showing ? Is it going to be just a bunch of people sitting around at my house with headsets on , completely visually separated and cutoff from each other ? That doesn ' t sound cool at all . Maybe if you ' re the type that watches the Superbowl alone and doesn ' t get up to do anything during the game it might be really awesome but I don ' t know many people like that at all . I have higher hopes for when it evolves into AR . When grandma knows what it is like she does when you say iPhone or Android , then we will see success . For now , it ' s too niche , too limiting , and the coolness factor wears off incredibly quick . Maybe it will see some level of success in a corner of the gaming community , but that ' s a pretty small community comparatively . Look at the Wii we all thought that motion and activity was really great and had high potential , and look where we are now back to handheld controllers for the most part .