Will virtual reality replace reality?

"If I’m in a space and there’s a large red arrow pointing to a door, it’s awful." Jessica Brillhart's comment could well embody what most of us are looking for in a VR experience.
That is: Freedom. Reality is confining, suffocating, and it beats you to your knees and keeps you there permanently if you let it. Oh, hold on. This wasn't supposed to be a blog about being an underdog, facing adversity and getting through them stronger than you were before. Nor boxing.

Yes, this is a blog about lifting either your third finger from the left, or your third finger from the right, in the general direction of reality. Where was I? Oh yes, freedom. Well, everyday-entertainment makes us more free than how we presently are, but does that mean that subsequent technologies will always replace another medium of entertainment? Yes, and no. Enjoying entertainment requires imagination, and exercising imagination is effortful. Whether or not people would find themselves enjoying a good book over a film based on the book, or a VR world based on the book, they tend to opt for the more easily attainable experience.

"Well, that is true, Mr/Ms author, but wouldn't acting in a VR world require some kind of effort that is not needed in movies?". Yes, dear reader, indubitably. "VR requires a caffeinated level of engagement. To me, it feels like work." - is what someone might say. Of course, I can slyly evade the entire question that I posed in my title by saying: "It depends". - - I can't? Well alright. Personally, heuristically, and from my gut, I feel like every individual is consciously, or at least subconsciously, receptive to the idea of virtual reality. Even scent and touch could soon become available to the VR experience, and in my opinion, that level of immersiveness far outweighs the effort that I have to put into VR world experiences!