What I like from VR is due to the fact that distance won't be an issue anymore. We can get the experience like in the real life when we wanted to visit a specific place in this world. VR is the future of online world!
To be fair you can to this also by simply turning on google street view but i get what you are saying. I havent tried VR glasses myself but i am sure the feeling is totally different when you have 3D environment around you whit which you can interact with.