No, VR has not been removed from Odyssey. It can't be removed from something that never had it in the first place.
Odyssey is a new unreleased expansion, which will not have VR.
Let's play semantics. I have an expansion built onto my house. It's an extension in the form of a conservatory. In order for it to be built against the current structure and be accessible, the architect tells me that the existing back wall won't be there. He then goes on to tell me that as extension didn't have the back wall attached to it, the back wall wasn't removed.
I ask the builder where all the bricks filing the skip on my drive came from. He shrugs his shoulders and I ask him how many sugars he takes in his tea.