yeah, VR feels kinda DOA right now with nothing that screams "GOD I GOTTA PLAY THIS NOW" just a bunch of meh vague tech demos. Elite/pCars is cool enough I guess
in retrospect Rift did almost everything wrong at launch. Sending all the first units to Kickstarters is very cool and noble, but has created a huge problem: all the first people getting the units are people who have had DK1 for years, so they don't have much as much hype for the thing. If a bunch of total VR noobs were getting the first Rift units, I think we would have seen a LOT more hype. Not to mention the abysmal communication, shitty storefront software, and completely opaque shipment schedule.
Vive doesn't get off much better though, while the software selection and setup is way better the library is also very underwhelming and the price tag on some of these "games" is just awful. Every single long stream also has everyone complaining about worrying about tripping over cords and musing on how long they will keep a dedicated VR space around for (answer: not long)
still the tiny, core enthusiast market seems VERY into it still - on eBay prices for CV1s are still going for $1k (april delivery preorders) to $1500 (kickstarter units ready to ship). A lot FEWER vive's are selling on eBay, like ~6/day for Oculus but only 1/day (less, really) for Vive.