The Transport Guy: The future is officially here

Steve Kovach January 07, 2016 at 11:51AM

You see a lot of strange stuff walking the show floor of CES.

But Samsung's demo of its virtual reality headset, Gear VR, stuck out to me the most:

Ever since trying the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset almost four years ago, I've found it nearly impossible to describe how revolutionary the medium is. Words aren't enough. You have to strap one of these things to your face and actually try it.

And now we've made it. Virtual reality is here for the masses. All you need is a smartphone and special headset and you're good to go.

Watching people try the Samsung demo shows the power of the platform. These people didn't care that thousands of people were walking by gawking at them as they sat with their mouths agape, fully immersed in whatever they were looking at. They were transported to a completely different world.

So as goofy as it looks to an outsider, VR is an incredibly powerful medium.

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