10 years ago, many people would have thought 2026 would see widespread use of VR, but we’re still waiting. Oddly, just as the tech to support already exists. 2026’s top-of-the-line VR headsets are technically impressive. However, they are still expensive and headache-inducing after extended periods of use.
It’s odd. The many possible useful applications for VR still exist. When will the tech finally take off? What will it take? I suspect that if someone could make a great headset that was in the $100 range, that might do the trick. Perhaps that is in the near future.
Once ASICs and battery density advance enough make it practical, AR could still become a big thing. VR might have hit saturation, though.
Zuckerberg saying “let’s be a VR company” always smacked of “I got lucky once and now people expect me to find the next big thing”.