VR is nothing more than a passing fad that the coffee sipping crowd might find trendy for a short while. It's EVERYWHERE here in the Shenzhen markets and I have personally witnessed this sort of thing come and go over many years being at these markets almost on a daily basis. Wait 6 months and they will have all moved on to the "next big thing".

The last "big thing" was hoverboards, before that drones, they seem to be sticking at the moment.

Pinball (that's REAL mechanical pinball) will not be replaced by such nonsense. The biggest appeal of REAL pinball (as many others have already said) is the mechanical action, the clunking of the mechanisms/reels/solenoids not some fake, idiotic "virtual" situation...Pffffttt.

Bingo machines disappeared because they were GAMBLING machines - no other reason - and while they were at it they destroyed the credibility of genuine pinball at that time.

"Phonegument" - just as invalid as a Cargument.....LOL

I attended an Arcade expo in Guangzhou a week ago along with many industry players (Gary Stern was also there).

There was an entire (very large) pavilion devoted to all things "VR" and probably about 100, possibly more, companies with large displays.

Punters were standing around everywhere with "VR goggles" on, looking to the outside world like wankers!

The interest in this VR area by visitors (including myself) compared to the rest of the show was so small it surprised me. I didn't even bother to take a single picture of the displays as there was "nothing to see".

VR will be a very difficult sell, my feelings on the day were simple - "This is another FAD!"

This fad cannot and will not replace real, mechanical pinball no matter how good it is now, or how good it might become - it is just silly!