Even if VR improves a lot in terms of specs, size, price etc.... I dont see it ever being an evolution. It'll be an add on for sure, but just like gaming now, tried and true sitting on a couch or computer chair playing games staring at a TV/monitor has held for 45 years. Motion gaming (which at the time was considered so immersive because everyone is literally getting off their ass) didnt hold either.
The biggest problem with acceptance might not even be tech or software. It's more pragmatic like some gamers not having the room to stand and move around or wanting a brick on their face. For me, even if I wanted to try out a VR set, I'd have to get up and move my heavy ottoman back and forth every time, and I got some other stuff in close proximity on the floor.
And for someone wanting to play VR in a cramped bedroom at a desk, I dont know how they'd even do it unless it's a game where sitting on a chair the whole time works for that game.
Convenience is a big thing as we've all seen. A big reason why digital games took off despite a million reasons in 2013 why it's bad. Turns out gamers prefer sitting on their ass to save 12 seconds loading a disc is probably the biggest giant factor of digital acceptance. Who knew. And criticism of PSVR came a lot from too many wires or fiddling with the hook up. A lot of people are lazy.
I agree people are lazy, and that is part of why VR isn't more popular right now. Plus comfort, resolution, glasses, wires, and space like you say.
However there are many other large reasons why digital took off, laziness was just one of many:
- Never out of stock, no pre-book needed
- Easer to impulse buy
- Faster to switch between games (not a function of laziness but rather speed)
- Yes too lazy to get up off the couch (guilty as charged)
- Easier to see your whole collection at a glance
- In some cases one purchase for both PC and xbox (two platforms for one price)
- Never lose a disk, never scratch a disk
- Access the game easier on more than one console, or sometimes even in different households
- You never reach for a disk only to find out your friend/cousin/sibling still has it 2 years later and your never going to see it again.