Article writer here - thanks for the comments. I think the key for VR is that it will be awesome for specific domains (e.g. game development) but won't show much benefit to general programming.
Once VR has become more commonplace then I see it integrating more and more into programming as it becomes useful in other scenarios.
Once VR has become more commonplace then I see it integrating more and more into programming as it becomes useful in other scenarios.