I’m late to this party, but if Apple really wants to break into the older casual market with VR, they should partner with sports. At my old job my team was sorting through (and trying out) a variety of VR headsets from a decommissioned tech lab. A coworker in his 50s was mostly underwhelmed and confused until I showed him a 360 video of a hockey game on YouTube. His mind was blown and he was immediately on board.
Networks have tried it as a gimmick here and there, but if they committed to partnering with major sports leagues to put high quality 360 cameras in “the best seats” and sold season tickets for those feeds, the tech would have an instant audience. Plus, I wouldn’t have to watch Apple TV+ butcher a baseball broadcast anymore.