I wanted to get into VR but it's too cost prohibitive right now.
You need a powerful computer. That means either buying a very expensive rig from a brand name seller (Alienware or Razer), or building one on your own.
The former is cost-prohibitive. The latter is skill-prohibitive.
A smartphone, on the other hand, is cheap and requires no technical know how to buy and use
The Playstation 4 VR is rather in-expensive and has a good selection of high quality content.
And I too think AR (augmented reality, known from Pokemon-Go) has higher potential/adoption rate. We will see it in our every day life soon, everywhere. And everyone has a smartphone, no need for a helmet.
(And for VR a "CAVE" is very cool. It's a special purpose small room where projectors point to 3 or 4 walls and the floor and you can just carry light&inexpensive 3D red-blue or shutter glasses and walk around eg with your friends. That's something we will probably see more and more in public locations too.)
VR right now is still targeted very much at gamers, many of which already have a capable enough system, or could get there easily enough with a few upgrades. As a side effect of putting together a good gaming PC I have everything I already need for VR save the actual headset. It's still expensive, but it's a good deal less than the total cost of a good gaming PC.
You need a powerful computer. That means either buying a very expensive rig from a brand name seller (Alienware or Razer), or building one on your own.
The former is cost-prohibitive. The latter is skill-prohibitive.
A smartphone, on the other hand, is cheap and requires no technical know how to buy and use