One Cool Thing   /     Is Virtual Reality just 2017’s Google Glass (with guest Rachel Metz)?

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After hearing that Oculus Rift is retreating from almost half of its Best Buy locations, we were wondering if VR was a fading fad. We invited MIT Technology Review’s Rachel Metz to chat with us. And here’s the article she wrote about this: https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603615/oculus-closes-many-in-store-demo-stations-as-vr-headsets-prove-a-hard-sell/  

Summary


After hearing that Oculus Rift is retreating from almost half of its Best Buy locations, we were wondering if VR was a fading fad. We invited MIT Technology Review's Rachel Metz to chat with us. And here's the article she wrote about this:
https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603615/oculus-closes-many-in-store-demo-stations-as-vr-headsets-prove-a-hard-sell/
 

Subtitle
After hearing that Oculus Rift is retreating from almost half of its Best Buy locations, we were wondering if VR was a fading fad. We ...
Duration
00:23:20
Publishing date
2017-03-01 00:03
Link
http://onecoolthing.podbean.com/e/is-virtual-reality-just-2017s-google-glass-with-guest-rachel-metz/
Contributors
  Dave Johnson & Rick Broida
author  
Enclosures
http://onecoolthing.podbean.com/mf/feed/bwutsq/OCT-024-VR.mp3
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After hearing that Oculus Rift is retreating from almost half of its Best Buy locations, we were wondering if VR was a fading fad. We invited MIT Technology Review's Rachel Metz to chat with us. And here's the article she wrote about this:

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/603615/oculus-closes-many-in-store-demo-stations-as-vr-headsets-prove-a-hard-sell/