truck56:
I want to ... make fancy displays in VB.
I assume that VB is a solution you're considering and not a goal in its own right.
You don't mention any prior programming skills so I assume you would need to learn whatever language you adopted. I also assume that you would be programming the Arduino yourself. In that case it would be sensible to use a similar language for both tasks to reduce your learning curve. That implies you should be looking for a 'C'/C++/C# based solution.
What does "fancy displays" mean? What sort of thing will you be displaying? (Charts? Text? Tables? Graphical widgets etc? Popup windows?)
Will you be accessing the "fancy displays" locally (on the computer the Arduino is plugged in to) or remotely (from a different computer)?