10 years ago, people were predicting that deep learning will change everything. And it did.
Why just use one example (VR) and apply it to everything? Even then, a good portion of people did not think VR would be everywhere by now.
Fully autonomous in select defined cities owned by big corps is probably a reasonable expectation.
Fully autonomous in the hands of an owner applied to all driving conditions and working reliably is likely still a distant goal.
It is odd how many people don't realize how developed self-driving taxis are.
I think most people will consider self driving tech to be a thing when it's as widespread as TVs were, 20 years after their introduction.