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Oculus was supposed to bring virtual reality to the masses. What happened?


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Virtual reality is the technology that keeps on promising. Over the last decade, the promise kept seeming so much closer. Facebook even dropped $2 billion on the VR technology company Oculus in 2014. Blake Harris is the author of "The History of the Future: Oculus, Facebook, and the Revolution That Swept Virtual Reality." Host Molly Wood talked with Harris about how Oculus and most virtual reality tech has kind of stalled. Today's show is sponsored by Pitney Bowes and EquityZen.
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