I can understand your feelings and frustration but I am with Globetrotter on this one. TV, Cinema, computer monitor, cell phone: I love 'em all in their place and their place isn't 1/2 an inch in front of my eyes. :-O
Lee
Think you underestimate the potential of VR technology. The display won't be on a screen, but projected directly to the eye.
The scale of the effort to get there dwarfs the investments in binoculars, because the potential markets in entertainment and training are so vastly bigger.