First off, your assumption that "it [VR] is becoming evident that this is the future of computing" is [not necessarily true](http://www.polygon.com/2014/9/29/6863005/why-oculus-rift-wont-succeed). We have no idea what the future of technology is (obviously) and if I were to take a guess, VR would not be it!

**BUT** if we decide to accept that VR is the way to go and take everything in this scenario as fact, the biggest effect on society would be the fact that 7/10 of the population is dead. Generations later, history books would tell of the "VR days", "When 70% of humanity was annihilated by computers strapped to their spines".

No I don't think we would shun technology. Think of the US... We get in wars all the freaking time and don't mind guns. New Orleans gets massive floods if a hurricane hits just the right was but Cajuns don't move. The point being: eventually people would come to realize that doing away with tech isn't the answer, but using it responsibly IS.