Will Virtual Reality ever take off? After spending $73 billion, Meta has abandoned its metaverse VR efforts.

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 it 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. ARTICLE - Well, there goes the metaverse!