Simplest explanation to me is that a VR, meta world already exists: it's called social media and the phone. People are already able to log into a device to become someone they aren't, live vicariously through an avatar, travel, play games, have sex, and have pleasurable experiences that are largely disconnected from their real life. They are also able to do it without wearing ugly, clunky head gear.
I don't think there will be any real advancement in VR adoption until they figure out how to implement it into daily life more effectively than the phone currently is. That means no headsets. It also means seeing VR things in your everyday life. Something like Pokemon Go, but you actually see it. That tech is probably a long ways out so all of these current devices are going to fail.
