I don't think VR utopia is going to start anytime soon (that will be a slow generational shift), but VR already has sparked the interest of a lot of consumers, that are holding of for now.
I wouldn't be surprised though, if one of the next headsets, i.e. Valve Index, if prices reasonably, suddenly showed unexpected high demand and sold out. There are tons of people, who want to try it, even if its just a gimmick for now. We've seen things like the Nintendo Wii selling tens of millions of units based on a gimmick.
At that point the average consumer might become more aware of VR, and things might start picking up on the software-side.