They're bulky, heavy, hold heat, and you look like a dork wearing them. Maybe some sort of light plastic glasses like you wear for a 3D movie, if the technology was there to put an HD image in the lenses. But nothing in it's current state.

"No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame."

Technology tends to get miniaturized over time.

And thinking about it, a VR headset is a lot less bulky than a few 30" screens or a TV, which it could replace once the technology is good enough.

And you look so cool playing video games right now? Come on, that was never the point.

Even so, the experience of having a reasonable-resolution virtual world all around you is viscerally awesome. And when I use that word, I literally mean that it causes awe.

Sounds like someone who has yet to try the Oculus Rift, lol.