I don't know whether or not we will have the technology in the future to eliminate the need for such environments. Different kinds of qubits are an active research activity. Ions, dots, diamond vacancies, etc.
The bigger point to realize, I think, is that most people's computing doesn't even happen at their home anymore. Much of it happens on some blade in a server rack. I think, for the time being, quantum computing will be just like that.
It was pretty inconceivable, in my retrospective of computing, to think that vacuum tubes would be miniaturized to fit in little boxes in bedrooms. You really needed the discovery of a IC transistor to let that happen. That hasn't happened yet with qubits, and I don't think one can with any certainty predict it.
The bigger point to realize, I think, is that most people's computing doesn't even happen at their home anymore. Much of it happens on some blade in a server rack. I think, for the time being, quantum computing will be just like that.
It was pretty inconceivable, in my retrospective of computing, to think that vacuum tubes would be miniaturized to fit in little boxes in bedrooms. You really needed the discovery of a IC transistor to let that happen. That hasn't happened yet with qubits, and I don't think one can with any certainty predict it.