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I bought a used Google Pixel XL phone for my wife so that she could give my dad her Nexus 6 (older phone). Then I found out it's compatible with the Google Daydream VR headset, which recently was on sale for $50.
I'm impressed with the immersion that can be had with a phone and earbuds. Head tracking is extremely precise, and field of view is almost full peripheral. I was playing with a chemistry app that is a lot of fun. Learning is going to be so much more engaging for kids these days. 3D movies are better quality than the best theaters can offer. Normal movies can be scaled up as desired to virtually have whatever "screen" size you want.
VR is certainly the wave of the future, and I see plenty of potential for abuse. With how engaging the experience is, eliciting emotional response is easy. One you elicit an emotional response, manipulating the audience is no problem. I envision car commercials that place you in a horrific car accident in a competitors vehicle to sell their image of a safe vehicle. Worse though, this technology will be leveraged to push irrational political agendas. We're not built to withstand the emotional pressure that this technology is capable of exerting.
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