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Virtual Reality (VR) technology has been subject to a rapid democratizationin recent years, driven in large by the entertainment industry, and epitomizedby the emergence of consumer-grade, plug-and-play, room-scale VR devices. Toexplore the scientific potential of this technology for the field ofobservational astrophysics, we have created an experimental VR application:E0102-VR. The specific scientific goal of this application is to facilitate thecharacterization of the 3D structure of the oxygen-rich ejecta in the youngsupernova remnant 1E 0102.2-7219 in the Small Magellanic Cloud. Using E0102-VR,we measure the physical size of two large cavities in the system, including a(7.0$\pm$0.5) pc-long funnel structure on the far-side of the remnant. TheE0102-VR application, albeit experimental, demonstrates the benefits of usinghuman depth perception for a rapid and accurate characterization of complex 3Dstructures. Given the implementation costs (time-wise) of a dedicated VRapplication like E0102-VR, we conclude that the future of VR for scientificpurposes in astrophysics most likely resides in the development of a robust,generic application dedicated to the exploration and visualization of 3Dobservational datasets, akin to a ``ds9-VR''.

E0102-VR: exploring the scientific potential of Virtual Reality for observational astrophysics