"I think most people don’t want this 1984 vision of the future, where everyone is geared up 16 hours a day."

I assume the author means the book '1984' by George Orwell and I come to the conclusion that the author has never read the book and does not know what it is about. Not every dystopian story is 1984. A far more logical reference would have been to 'Ready Player One' by Ernest Cline which is in fact about a dystopia in which people _are_ 'geared up' all the time.

I recommend both books, the first is a work of genius and is, sadly, very relevant today and the second because it is very entertaining and might offer insights into the development of VR in the near future.