Even if headsets were 100% perfect and free, it still wouldn't catch on, because it is this style of gaming itself that is unliked, not the barriers.
It's all well and good I can unindex my spreadsheet and treat it like it was a real object, but is it really necessary or helpful beyond the short term novelty?
It's cool for a time, then it wears off. I get it, I loved my virtual boy too, but this is that. Don't think you are experiencing a future we are too dumb or poor to partake in. We aren't. We tried it already and it wasn't good. To us. The younger you are the more you will like this and not for any existential reason, just that kids like novelty.
Don't be shocked nintendo never tried this. They did. Virtual boy is old old old. This sucks for the same reasons that did. Sorry fellas.