Terrifying Robot Dog

We go deeper into the reality of virtual reality. Haptic Ceiling May 1st, 2015 INTRO Hello and welcome to Terrifying Robot Dog! Episode 4 for Friday, May 1st, 2015. I'm Jonathan Stark - and I'm Kelli Shaver - and we are here to talk about how technology is changing the way we interact with the world. This week we go deeper into the reality of virtual reality. Please stay tuned, Terrifying Robot Dog is next... FEATURE So, last week we talked about the VR sci-fi book Ready Player One, how it could eventually become reality, and what effects it might have on society. Well, it turns out we might have been underestimating the timeline. Ernest Cline's reaction to Oculus RPO came out before Oculus. EC was invited to try one and his reaction was, "if the RPO movie doesn't come out soon, it's not going to be sci fi." EC said he underestimated how fast VR would be available Hardware Oculus Rift Millions of dev units sold Rumoured to launch in 2015 Samsung Gear VR $199 at BestBuy MicroSoft's HoloLen