@Graf Zahl - I'm really curious about your opinion on VR.
When have you tried it? Have you tried to use it for a little longer than public demos?
What titles have you tried? Which headset have you used?
Do you see absolutely no use for VR, even outside of gaming?
What impressed you the most, what was the most disappointing thing?
We are on the Doom forum. While I don't like the new Doom VFR, I think Doom 3 VR mod has been one of the best VR titles. You should definitely try it. While the visuals will be far off from what you're used to seeing on the screen, immersion and being scared all the time is unbeatable. I have big space available, so I can walk around my big room freely, and it's just really cool being able to walk around Doom labs.
VR has proven to be sustainable, but wide adoption isn't here yet, as the tech is still pretty young. Actually it's not hardware that is stopping adoption, but lack of great software to choose from. Till now, you had to own high-end PC game and then high-end headset to enjoy VR in a basic form, as Cardboard/Daydream?Gear VR/GO are pretty much 360 photo/video viewers.
I believe Quest is going to change all of that. It will still take years before we can use VR headsets as permanent VR workspace, but everything is growing very very fast after Facebook acquisition. Their infinite money guarantees that they have the funds and time to push this things further. Michael Abrash (ex valve, now oculus employee) said in recent Connect 5 talk that the technology to make great headsets don't exist yet. But it will.
VR might be seen as gimmick right now, but it changes year by year. Since trying developer kit 1 back in 2012, I was never able to get back to PC gaming. Sitting in front of pc and having superhuman powers with computer and mouse, while staring at tiny window, no matter how big your monitor is, has never felt immersive for me anymore.
Flight, driving simulators are the perfect fit for VR as they don't require any real locomotion.
Facebook has a long-term goal of bringing bilion people to VR. Today, they are at 1% of the journey. They do realise it will not happen in few years, it will take much longer than that. But they are fully commited to it, having infinite resources, and best teams working on these kind of things.
Here is the latest Carmack talk from Oculus Connect 5 -
https://youtu.be/VW6tgBcN_fAIt's one and a half hour long, but I always find him speeches to be really enjoyable. He can just keep on talking and talking and people seem to can't get enough. I would recommend having a look at the recent talks from Connect 5. Lots of very technical info.