Yes, “virtual” is a thing and it is getting closer to reality, especially with local Minnesota startups like Chuck Olsen‘s Visual. We talk about virtual reality, and a lot more, on this week’s show.

Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott, Graeme Thickins and Phil Wilson.

Music: Down Around Bull Creek by Walker Winn under a Creative Commons License

The Podcast

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Past Week’s Top MN Stories

* Code42 lays off 30 workers; ‘Let’s get the wrong people off the bus,’ CEO says

* Virtual reality becoming a reality in business, entertainment and the arts

* Local businesses match Amazon’s prices via Web tool

* St. Paul’s Tech Dump gives ex-cons a new lease, through work

* Tech Entrepreneur Tames the Warranty Wild With Upsie App

* Best Buy announces Thanksgiving Day, Black Friday doorbusters

* Defrag Conference Recap by Graeme

* #defragcon Twitter search

* Aaron Fulkerson’s MindTouch and Aaron’s slide deck (Graeme: good stuff starts about slide 18 on self-service content and “outside-in content”)

* Dell Cloud Manager (Enstratius) 

* About Ramez Naam & his bio

Other Top Tech Stories

* Apple:

* Mossberg: The iPad Pro can’t replace your laptop totally, even for a tablet lover

* Apple developing personal payment plan

* Apple TV buyers are overwhelmingly male

* TAG Heuer, Google Release First Swiss Luxury Smartwatch

* Alibaba’s Singles Day Blowout Racks Up $5B in Sales in First 90 Minutes