I agree it's about how people tend to allocate their focus. But I think it's more about dopamine than money.
I can't even be bothered to leave my terminal and work in a browser. The idea of trying to wrangle so many degrees of freedom as VR has... It just doesn't sound like something I'd ever get around to volunteering for because progress would be too slow to be rewarding.
Linux happened at all because people were content to work in text. High fidelity environments are just too much work for too little gain. Sure, some folk bother with a gui, but even fewer would bother with a 3d one.
I can't even be bothered to leave my terminal and work in a browser. The idea of trying to wrangle so many degrees of freedom as VR has... It just doesn't sound like something I'd ever get around to volunteering for because progress would be too slow to be rewarding.
Linux happened at all because people were content to work in text. High fidelity environments are just too much work for too little gain. Sure, some folk bother with a gui, but even fewer would bother with a 3d one.