There are places on-line where one can navigate a tour of famous castles and
I think I'd really enjoy "virtual trips" to places that I'll probably never get to see otherwise.
 
Taking a tour of luthier shops and guitar factories and be in control of where and how long
one could spend checking out interests would be a great thing IMO.
 
I can see it being a fantastic learning tool - they'll have ways to squeeze the green out of it.
 
 

I'm not sure exactly how much virtual reality gear is necessary to "Like" cat videos on Facebook. 

UbiquitousBubba
I'm not sure exactly how much virtual reality gear is necessary to "Like" cat videos on Facebook. 

You'd best go find out then... 

spacey
There are places on-line where one can navigate a tour of famous castles and
I think I'd really enjoy "virtual trips" to places that I'll probably never get to see otherwise.
 
Taking a tour of luthier shops and guitar factories and be in control of where and how long
one could spend checking out interests would be a great thing IMO.
 
I can see it being a fantastic learning tool - they'll have ways to squeeze the green out of it.

 
VR gear isn't close to being new (I toyed with it back in the 80's), but it looks like it's well on its way to becoming affordable.  If you have the phone, the goggles are going for $199 and that's not bad for the technology being presented.
 
While I also think it would be great for the reasons Michael mentions above, I think using it for training (like a luthier's POV while he does something) would be really cool.
 
I guess they just need to incorporate some Blue Tooth gloves next, ya?
 

jbow
 
 
Well, there is one big drawback to that... someone could walk in on someone and the "user" might not know it until they get a tap on the shoulder or a whack with a frying pan, or worse. Then there will be the "busted" videos.
None of that for me, thank you. I have enough problems.

Yeah, I hear ya there alright...... imagine gettin' caught watching this.....