Well TV brought peopel together in the living room. Cellphones seem to remove that togetherness and you want VR to close people from the real world... hop not. What I'm refering to is not VR but AR but I get your point. To me not interacting with the real world is the worst thing unless you are in a room where you are alone and not needed.

Do you never watch tv by yourself, or sit staring into your phone like the rest of humanity?
90% of my gaming is done by myself. Most of that in a dedicated game room. TV 50/50 I guess.

I actually think AR will be more 'destructive'. You can't use VR outside, yet AR is to mobile phones what handsfree calling was. People will spend even less time wathcing their surroundings, and instead be consumed with the displays overlaid on their vision. They better forbid using AR devices while driving before the law has to play catch up again.

Anyway, I won't be cranking up the sound and will probably stick to using speakers so I can still hear the baby monitor. Hearing is more important as I can't see through walls anyway :p Yet when VR becomes main stream I'm sure lots of apps will turn up to put notifications through to your headset. The ps4 eye and Kinect microphone can easily pick up on sounds and send them through. You can already get notifications someone is at your door on your phone, in the future it will simply put it through to your headset.

Anyway gaming is all about not interacting with the real world! So I guess you don't like games :)

Computers don't isolate you from real life and now that they come in the form of tablets you can walk with them no problem. A lot of those computers are sold to companies, families and other areas where people need constant interactions. Not everyone is living alone. For gaming I think it'll be great for those that want it but then again it's a solo experience imo.