Optimization is not an on/off switch. All companies are optimising their implementation to the best of their ability/budget. As coders get more familiar with the tech and it becomes more commonplace, as well as work being done by graphics card companies on their drivers, it will reduce the computational requirements over time. There's a hell of a lot of work that goes into graphical processing on hardware, software, engine and game levels to make things look better for less computations, it's not just "tell GPU to do simulate every particle from the sun".

I guess it really depends on lifestyle and career and age of children and all that.

I get really stressed when I disengage from my family for too long and can’t see what’s going on around me.

I’ve played VR at work. It’s fine for single player games where I can pause and come back. Multiplayer games get really frustrating though when every 5 minutes you’re being pulled out and you can’t just jump back in.

I love VR. I just can’t seem to find the time to fully immerse and escape.

I agree with you on shooters. I am insanely good at Pavlov and when I jump into something else (non vr) it just feels so restrained. Moving around and actually feeling like you’re firing your weapon is a big deal. I’d like to get something to attach my controllers to at some point with some weight so it feels even better.

Same here, it's just a great evolution of gaming. 2D gaming is actually starting to feel obsolete the more I play VR.

I too have a family and a job and lots of things to do, and I still find time to do the cool stuff I want to do like VR. The "isolation" that the other person is talking about is not an issue for me because I can stay aware of people around me with my ears and stuff.