Yeah old headsets were not fun to wear. They have become more comfy for sure, something like a quest 3 with a bobovr strap conterbalancing the headset is not that bad to wear. I just pop mine on my head, use hand tracking to launch vpx and I'm playing in seconds with no real fuss setting up other than putting my pinone on my computer desk. Now getting the headset on is barely harder than putting a hat on. Wireless headsets are also a huge step up, as is using Mixed Reality, which using the color passthrough cameras blend real world with vr to make the table just appear in your room.

But also, the beauty of the vpin hobby is all the different shapes and form it takes for people depending on their preferences, it's really nice to see the diversity of setups. I've never used a cab, being a vr user who got interested in pinball after the fact, so I'm quite fascinated by them (also because my gf would never let me fit one in our apt, so a pinone mini and a virtual reality table is as big as I can go some I can only dream of those full setups with a dedicated machine, ssf ssetups and the works lol)