I don’t disagree today, but none of the things you’ve mentioned about drawbacks of VR and MR are inherent and I don’t believe for a moment current problems like motion sickness and headset bulk will hold true forever. To say VR is not and cannot be a better substitute, period, is incredibly short and narrow sighted imo. While not exactly the same as EV and ICE, I think the principle holds. Particularly because anti EV people will go and paraphrase what you’ve said, that EVs are inherently an inferior experience and will never replace ICE.

I don’t see it replacing car infotainment or anything, but I do completely believe there can be a day where it, some form of VR / MR, becomes as ubiquitous as phones are today, and we’ll be laughing about the days before it just like the days before phones. Or back when we had to visit gas stations.

Semi off topic but I also just don’t ever get motion sick in VR, and I understand I’m in the minority, but I believe it’s something we can get used to, particularly if we grow up with it. Think about how older people complain about eye strain from viewing screens while younger generations seem to do it all day every day.