...enables significantly sharper handheld images at slower shutter speeds and in a wider range of lighting conditions than previous models. Equipped with the new lens, users can take pictures at shutter speeds up to four times slower than is possible with a non-VR lens.

I've yet to put this to the test, but my hope is that it will lengthen the window of usable available light, so that shots like the above work by design rather than accident!