I wouldn't watch a movie in the same room as friends with a HMD, but I could watch a movie with someone in a "virtual theater" when they're 1000 miles away.
I don't think we should write it off so quickly; it's like saying "Text messages are pointless, they don't carry inflections and emotion like phone calls. I can't see myself texting anyone." There are things you can do in real life but not in VR and there are things you can do with VR that you can't do in real life.
I don't think we should write it off so quickly; it's like saying "Text messages are pointless, they don't carry inflections and emotion like phone calls. I can't see myself texting anyone." There are things you can do in real life but not in VR and there are things you can do with VR that you can't do in real life.