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Only those that can afford it. The rest will be forced to live in the real world, like 20th century peasants.

actually the opposite imo, this stuff is the ultimate bread and circus to distract poor people from worsening living conditions. Much cheaper to provide VR goggles with AI model access than housing and healthcare

As long as sex is the competition, I don't think that's likely. Simulating orgasms will require the Apple iPleasure Maxxx implant and expensive brain surgery & recovery.

I'm not sure sex is always going to be the competition. More and more people are sexless (by choice or not).

There are already sex toys that you.. insert yourself in, and then have scripts that sync up movements with VR videos you are watching.

Crazy times coming in the next few decades.

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