FOVE EYE TRACKING VR HEADSET

True. But what I was getting at is people like me aren't going to put out $500 or more for a product that will just kind of work with a few games here and there and may become obsolete when standards come around or when the next advancement occurs. Imo a standard should be developed before most of the excitement about VR has passed. However, I realize you do need to compare different ideas and methods from different manufactures in order to develop an acceptable standard. But imo, there will be a lot of money sitting on the side lines until standards are developed.

If correct, hope just enthusiasts are enough to support a fragmented (Sony/Oculus/steam etc) VR industry for 5 years, until the tech is suitable for the general public .

Yesterday my stepson brought back a Google Cardboard compatible DSCVR from a trade show.
As you remember, these Google Cardboards run with a mobile phone.
So I installed the Google Cardboard app and had a try.
The app found a 360° photo on my mobile of my living room (of which I wasn't even aware of anymore. I took this photo some time ago )
It was freaking awesome! I almost fell over a chair that was there in RL but not in the 360° picture . (Don’t argue, if it makes sense, standing in the living room and staring at a picture of this same living room. That’s not the point. )
The few demos I downloaded were of course impressive too – specially flying and watching the ground moving below you was scary.
However I had the impression, the fascination was very much about the freedom of moving the head around and watching scenes on the side or behind me. I’m impressed by what you can do with $25 instead of $800
And yes, I’m not an early adopter yet following the developments in VR/AR closely.

I agree with @noorbeast on this one. The potential for it to be very good is definitely there, it just needs a few more years for the resolution to increase, graphics cards to get faster, and resolution to increase. In it's current state it's a good experience, but I think with time it will go from something for early-adopter nutjobs like myself to something you might see in the living room of any game/tech enthusiast.
Mainstream pushes like Playstation VR are going to be fantastic for this. Us PC guys tend to be condescending towards the console base, but they make up the lion's share of the gamer market.
The only other problems with the current tech that I haven't seen realistic solutions for are creating some sort of high-definition haptic peripheral that lets you interact with the environment with your fingers, and large scale locomotion.
The current touch controllers (I've only tried the Vive's so far) are fantastic, but I think the moment that people can reach out and touch things with their fingers will be a game changer. As far as locomotion is concerned, backpack PCs and wireless VR still have quite a ways to go before they're feasible IMHO, but if there's a demand I'm sure smart engineers will come up with something.