If we judge the maturity of the VR industry to meet the demands of medicine only from social media success stories, it’s easy to assume we’re already way down the road. But measuring the actual temperature of the VR healthcare simulation sector requires a closer look. How ready is the entire venture of VR to meet the demands of medicine at a national – or I dare say – global scale? Are med schools and clinicians ready to adopt? Where the technology falls short, what barriers must we cross to achieve the benefits this innovation has to offer?