It's already true that someone could sneak up behind you in a movie theater, at a restaurant, on a park bench and punch you in the back of the head (or worse).
It's also true that while driving on a highway you are putting your life in the hands of other drivers, some of which may be drunk or tired.
When you fly, you are at risk of the plane crashing and you have absolutely no recourse.
I can absolutely assure you there are some people who would use VR in public today and some who will refuse to ever do so, but let's not pretend that closing your eyes and ears off presents some fundamental transformation that is 10000x more dangerous than any experience humans have ever voluntarily subjected themselves to.
I'm sure you could find someone in the 1600s who would make the same claim about wearing noise canceling headphones if someone from the future were to explain the idea to them.
It's also true that while driving on a highway you are putting your life in the hands of other drivers, some of which may be drunk or tired.
When you fly, you are at risk of the plane crashing and you have absolutely no recourse.
I can absolutely assure you there are some people who would use VR in public today and some who will refuse to ever do so, but let's not pretend that closing your eyes and ears off presents some fundamental transformation that is 10000x more dangerous than any experience humans have ever voluntarily subjected themselves to.
I'm sure you could find someone in the 1600s who would make the same claim about wearing noise canceling headphones if someone from the future were to explain the idea to them.